Etymograph

English

hydrophobe

Hydrophobe comes from French hydrophobe ‘hydrophobic’, from Ancient Greek φόβος ‘fear, dread’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- ‘to run, flee’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰegʷ-‘to run, flee’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰógʷosreconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pʰógʷosreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEφόβος‘fear, dread’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEὑδροφόβοςhudrophóbos
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhydrophobus‘hydrophobic, having hydrophobia’
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presenthydrophobe‘hydrophobic’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1861same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰegʷ-‘to run, flee’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰógʷosreconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pʰógʷosreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEφόβος‘fear, dread’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEὑδροφόβοςhudrophóbos
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhydrophobus‘hydrophobic, having hydrophobia’
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presenthydrophobe‘hydrophobic’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1861same form

Earliest quotation: 1861, Tale of the Tub: “The shock of the meeting triremes was tremendous, and…”

Linked words

through Ancient Greek φόβος ‘fear, dread’

phobia, 9 more

Today it means

noun A hydrophobic compound or material.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- / hydrophobe

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