Etymograph

English

infantophobe

From infant + -o- + -phobe.

Formed from infant + -o- + -phobe

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to speak’

Latin fāns ‘speaking’

Latin īnfāns ‘an infant’

Anglo-Norman enfaunt

Middle English infaunt ‘baby, infant’

English infant

Today it means

noun Someone with an irrational fear of infants.

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

Etymograph / infantophobe