English
germophobic
From germ + -o- + -phobic.
Formed from germ + -o- + -phobic
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’
Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁mn̥ ‘offspring”, “seed’
Proto-Italic *genamen
Latin germen ‘bud, seed, embryo’
Middle French germe ‘seed’
English germ
Today it means
adj Morbidly afraid of germs.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / germophobic