"logophobia" meaning in English

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Noun

Rhymes: -əʊbiə Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos Proto-Hellenic *lógos Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)bor. English logo- Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English logophobia From logo- + -phobia. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|logo-|-phobia|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos Proto-Hellenic *lógos Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)bor. English logo- Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English logophobia [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "explanation", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*lóǵos", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "to collect", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*leǵ-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "thematic", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-os", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*lógos", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "λόγος", "gloss" : "word, speech", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "logo-", "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" : "logophobia", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="logophobia"> From logo- + -phobia. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} logophobia (uncountable)
  1. Fear of words. Tags: uncountable Related terms: logophobe, logophobic, glossophobia (english: fear of public speaking), bibliophobia (english: fear of books)
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