Arachnophobia. Why is it the name of the fear of spiders?
2006-09-19 22:09:33 · 25 answers · asked by Micheal 4 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Everyone who is saying the word is Latin needs to get an education. It is GREEK:
"Arachnophobia is derived from the Greek "arachne" (spider) and "phobos" (fear). The Greek word was derived from the name "Arachne," a maiden in Greek mythology whom the goddess Athena turned into a spider after the girl, a skilled weaver, challenged Athena to a weaving contest."
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2006-09-19 22:23:59 · answer #1 · answered by Jett Girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The spider family of creatures are known as Arachnids (taken from the boilogical classification name 'Araneae' which is the generic name for most of these creatures) and the fear of something is known as a phobia. Put the two together and you have arachnophobia - the fear of spiders.
2006-09-19 22:14:33 · answer #2 · answered by Northstar 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is Greek. Not Latin. "Arachne" was a beautiful girl, sexually involved with Zeus the King of Gods and according to mythology was transformed by Hera the Queen of the Gods to the commonly known insect spider. Hera was jealous of all Zeus's lovers and transformed many of them into birds animals and other stuff.
As for the word phobia it comes from the Greek word "Phobos" which means fear. you can also find this word at : agoraphobia (fear of many people surrounding you), claustrophobia (fear of confinement in small rooms), etc
2006-09-20 03:05:11 · answer #3 · answered by ♥ksotikouli♥™ 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Greek
2006-09-21 04:21:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Greek
2006-09-19 23:41:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Greek
2006-09-19 23:13:34 · answer #6 · answered by Basil P 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Greek
2006-09-19 22:19:53 · answer #7 · answered by Tudor B 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Greek. How come XiaoMei has to teach us westerners our own languages?
Anything with "ph" in it is from Greek: any "osophy" (from sophos, wisdom), any "philo" or "phile" (from philos, love), pharmacy, photo (photos, light), graphy (graphos, drawing), phobia, fear, pheromone, phone (phonos, sound), phore (phoros, bearer), morph (form), many more.
The reason - the Greek letter phi is not the same as F. Put your lips together as if you're about to make a "p" sound, but blow through them instead. With "f" the bottom lip touches the top teeth. Although in English we don't have the "phi" sound, and use "f" instead, academics have always preserved the difference in the "ph" spelling.
2006-09-21 07:29:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Latin or Greek one of the 2
2006-09-19 22:46:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you break the word "arachnophobia" down, in Latin, it means exactly that. Phobia- Fear of . Araneae - Spider.
2006-09-19 22:14:03 · answer #10 · answered by Suz E. Home BAKER 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋