English
homichlophobia
Homichlophobia comes from Ancient Greek ὁμίχλη ‘mist, fog’, from φόβος ‘fear’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- ‘to run, flee’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰegʷ-‘to run, flee’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰógʷosreconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pʰógʷosreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEφόβοςphóbos‘fear’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEὁμίχληhomíkhlē‘mist, fog’
- Englishearliest quotation 2010homichlophobia
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰegʷ-‘to run, flee’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰógʷosreconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pʰógʷosreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEφόβοςphóbos‘fear’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEὁμίχληhomíkhlē‘mist, fog’
- Englishearliest quotation 2010homichlophobia
Earliest quotation: 2010, Bill Smith, Rant and Dawdle: The Fictional Memoir of Colston Willmott: “[…] as dense as the fog surrounding the house,…”
Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ-
Today it means
noun The fear of fog.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- / homichlophobia