English
lutraphobia
Lutraphobia comes from Latin lutra ‘otter’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *wed- ‘to well’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wed-‘to well’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*udrós‘sea animal, otter’literally ‘of water’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*udr-eh₂reconstructedfeminine noun of *udrós
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElutra‘otter’
- Englishearliest quotation 2008lutraphobia
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wed-‘to well’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*udrós‘sea animal, otter’literally ‘of water’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*udr-eh₂reconstructedfeminine noun of *udrós
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElutra‘otter’
- Englishearliest quotation 2008lutraphobia
Earliest quotation: 2008, Scared of this? You must be lutraphobic: “But globophobia (fear of balloons), lutraphobia (fear of otters)…”
Formed from lutra ‘otter’ + -phobia
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wed- ‘to well’
water, wet, wash, und, abundance, vodka, surround, abundant, hydro, redundant, hydrate, vitriol, hydride, aldehyde, vitreous, inundate, undine, vedra, 43 more
through Proto-Indo-European *udrós ‘sea animal, otter’
Today it means
noun The fear of otters.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wed- / lutraphobia