Etymograph

English

insectophobia

From insect + -o- + -phobia.

Formed from insect + phobia

Proto-Indo-European *sek- ‘to cut’

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Latin īnsecō ‘to cut into, to cut up’

Latin īnsectus ‘cut into, cut up, with a notched or divided body’

Latin īnsectum

Middle French insecte

English insect

Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- ‘to run, flee’

Proto-Indo-European *bʰógʷos

Proto-Hellenic *pʰógʷos

Ancient Greek φόβος ‘fear’

English phobia

Today it means

noun An abnormal fear of insects.

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

Etymograph / insectophobia