"decaphobia" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Hellenic *dékə Ancient Greek δέκᾰ (dékă) Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς (-ắs) Ancient Greek δεκάς (dekás)der. Late Latin decasder. French déca-bor. English deca- Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English decaphobia From deca- + -phobia. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|deca-|-phobia|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Hellenic *dékə Ancient Greek δέκᾰ (dékă) Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς (-ắs) Ancient Greek δεκάς (dekás)der. Late Latin decasder. French déca-bor. English deca- Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English decaphobia [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "ten", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "ten", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "ten", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "ten", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*déḱm̥", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*dékə", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "δέκᾰ", "lang" : "grc" }, { "id" : "feminizing suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ᾰ́ς", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "δεκάς", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "decas", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "déca-", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "deca-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "lang_name" : "New Latin", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "lang_name" : "Latin", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-φοβία", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang" : "la-new" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-phobia", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "decaphobia", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="decaphobia"> From deca- + -phobia. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} decaphobia (uncountable)
  1. Fear of the number ten. Tags: uncountable
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