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octophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
oc-to-pho-bia
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The irrational fear of the number eight.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw Proto-Hellenic *oktṓ Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ)bor. Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw Proto-Italic *oktō Latin octōbor. English octo- Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English octophobia From octo- + -phobia.

Usage

Questions

What does octophobia mean?
The irrational fear of the number eight.
Where does octophobia come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw Proto-Hellenic *oktṓ Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ)bor. Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw Proto-Italic *oktō Latin octōbor. English octo- Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English octophobia From octo- + -phobia.

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