English

leporiphobia

Leporiphobia comes from Latin lepus ‘hare’.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Formed from -i- + phobia

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

Proto-Indo-European *bʰógʷos

Proto-Hellenic *pʰógʷos

Ancient Greek φόβος ‘fear’

Every English word from Latin lepus

noun Fear of rabbits.

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