ophiophobic etymology

English word ophiophobic comes from English -phobic, English ophio- (Of or pertaining to snakes.)

Detailed word origin of ophiophobic

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-phobic English (eng) Used as a synonym of -phobe to form nouns.. Used to form adjectives meaning of a fear of a specific thing.. Used to form adjectives meaning of hate directed towards a particular type of person (due to fear of that type of person).
ophio- English (eng) Of or pertaining to snakes.
ophiophobic English (eng) Afraid of snakes.

Words with the same origin as ophiophobic

Descendants of -phobic
Iranophobic Persophobic acrophobic ailurophobic atheophobic carbophobic carcinophobic computerphobic electrophobic heliophobic hodophobic homophobic iconophobic ionophobic neophobic ophidiophobic philophobic photophobic pornophobic queerphobic taxaphobic transphobic xenophobic xyrophobic
Descendants of ophio-
ophiology ophiomancy ophiomorphic ophiophagy ophiophile ophiophobe ophiotoxin