φόβος
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- fear, terror, alarm, fright, panic
- the act of fleeing: flight, retreat
- awe, reverence
- that which causes fear: terror
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek φέβομαι (flee, be afraid, I flee, take flight) root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- (run, flee).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰegʷ-
Gloss
run, flee
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
走
Emoji
🎽 🏃 🏃♀️ 🏃♂️ 💨
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -phobia English
- -phobic English
- ablutophobic English
- blennophobia English
- claustrophilia English
- claustrophobia English
- gelotophobia English
- homichlophobia English
- melophobia English
- phobia English
- thanatophobic English
- trypophobia English
- zoophobic English
- -fobia Finnish
- fobofobia Finnish
- *clostrum Latin
- *clōstrum Latin
- -phobus Latin
- ablutio Latin
- claudo Latin
- claustellum Latin
- claustrarius Latin
- claustrum Latin
- clostrum Latin
- hippophobas Latin
- phobia Latin
- -phob German
- -phobie German
- Aerophobie German
- Phobie German
- fóbia Hungarian
- -fobia Italian
- abluzione Italian
- chiostro Italian
- claustro Italian
- fobia Italian
- -phobe French
- -phobie French
- ablution French
- claustrer French
- claustrophobie French
- phobie French
- -fobia Spanish, Castilian
- claustro Spanish, Castilian
- claustrofobia Spanish, Castilian
- -φοβία Ancient Greek
- Δηΐφοβος Ancient Greek
- βλέννος Ancient Greek
- γέλως Ancient Greek
- δᾱ́ῐ̈ος Ancient Greek
- μελῳδία Ancient Greek
- ξένος Ancient Greek
- τρῦπα Ancient Greek
- φέβομαι Ancient Greek
- φοβερός Ancient Greek
- ἀ- Ancient Greek
- ἄφοβος Ancient Greek
- ἅμαξα Ancient Greek
- ἱπποφοβάς Ancient Greek
- ὁμίχλη Ancient Greek
- ῐ̔́ππος Ancient Greek
- *(s)kleh₂w- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰegʷ Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰegʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰogʷéyeti Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰégʷ-y-eh₂-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰégʷeti Proto-Indo-European
- *kleh₂ud-, *kleh₂u- Proto-Indo-European
- -fobia Portuguese
- claustro Portuguese
- claustrofobia Portuguese
- fobia Portuguese
- lusofobia Portuguese
- kloster Swedish
- fobia Polish
- -fob Norwegian Nynorsk
- aerofobi Norwegian Nynorsk
- fobi Norwegian Nynorsk
- clauster Old English
- -fóbach Irish
- klaustr Old Norse
- *běgati Proto-Slavic
- *běžati Proto-Slavic
- cloistre Old French
- -fòbia Catalan, Valencian
- claustre Catalan, Valencian
- klaustur Icelandic
- -fobia Galician
- claustrofobia Galician
- αγοραφοβία Greek (modern)
- αθεόφοβος Greek (modern)
- θεόφοβος Greek (modern)
- φόβος Greek (modern)
- klōstar Old High German
- klosteris Latvian
- dëboj Albanian
- claustra Old Portuguese
- klôster Middle Low German
- klōster Middle Low German
- *pʰégʷomai Proto-Hellenic
- -φόβος grc-att