Etymograph

English

rupophobia

Rupophobia may come from Ancient Greek ῥύπος ‘filth’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῥύποςrhúpos‘filth’uncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1925rupophobia

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῥύποςrhúpos‘filth’uncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1925rupophobia

Earliest quotation: 1925, Transactions of the Section on Dermatolo: “Patients with rupophobia, the fear of dirt, are at…”

Formed from -phobia

The story

Possibly from Ancient Greek ῥύπος (rhúpos, “filth”) + -phobia (See rhypophobia). Alternatively, related to Latin rupes (‘cliff, rock’).disputed Scholars disagree here; the competing view is quoted as the source gives it.

Every English word from Ancient Greek ῥύπος

Today it means

noun The fear of rubbish or dirt.

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

Etymograph / Ancient Greek ῥύπος / rupophobia

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