-phobe

-phobe

a combining form used to form personal nouns corresponding to nouns ending in -phobia:, Anglophobe.
Also, -phobiac.

Origin:
< Greek -phobos, adj. derivative of phóbos fear, panic

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-phobe
 
—n combining form
indicating a person or thing that fears or hates: Germanophobe; xenophobe
 
[from Greek -phobos fearing]
 
-phobic
 
—adj combining form

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Word Origin & History

-phobe
comb. form meaning "fearing," from Fr. -phobe, from L. -phobus, from Gk. -phobos "fearing," from phobos "fear, panic, flight," phobein "put to flight, frighten" (see phobia).
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-phobe suff.
One that fears or is averse to a specified thing: xenophobe.

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