agoraphobia
/ˌæɡ.ə.ɹəˈfəʊ.bi.ə/ · noun
Meaning
- The fear of wide open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.
- An aversion to markets.
Etymology / origin
From Latin agoraphobia, from Ancient Greek ἀγορά (agorá, “assembly”) + φοβία (phobía, “fear”). By surface analysis, agora + -phobia. Coined by Karl Friedrich Otto Westphal in 1871.
- ἀγορά(Ancient Greek)→
- agoraphobia(la)→
- *h₂ger-(ine-pro)→
- agoraphobia (English)
- Relations: root, lbor, der
Related words
Descendant words
- agrafóibe(Irish) (bor)
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