English
phobic
From phobia + -ic, see -phobic.
Formed from phobia + -ic
Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- ‘to run, flee’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰógʷos
Proto-Hellenic *pʰógʷos
Ancient Greek φόβος ‘fear’
English phobia
Today it means
adj Relating to a phobia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / phobic