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decaphobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-ca-pho-bia
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Fear of the number ten.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Hellenic *dékə Ancient Greek δέκᾰ (dékă) Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς (-ắs) Ancient Greek δεκάς (dekás)der. Late Latin decasder. French déca-bor. English deca- Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English decaphobia From deca- + -phobia.

Usage

Questions

What does decaphobia mean?
Fear of the number ten.
Where does decaphobia come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Hellenic *dékə Ancient Greek δέκᾰ (dékă) Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς (-ắs) Ancient Greek δεκάς (dekás)der. Late Latin decasder. French déca-bor. English deca- Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English decaphobia From deca- + -phobia.

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