maniaphobia

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What does maniaphobia mean?

An abnormal fear of being insane.

Where does maniaphobia come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *mn̥yétorder. Proto-Hellenic *məňňómai Ancient Greek μαίνομαι (maínomai) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ f (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek μᾰνῐ́ᾱ (mănĭ́ā)der. Latin maniabor. English mania Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English maniaphobia From mania + -phobia.

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