Etymograph

English

scelerophobe

Scelerophobe comes from Latin scelus ‘an evil deed’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEscelus1‘an evil deed’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2023scelerophobe1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English scelerophobe
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2023, Abby Roch: “A scelerophobe can experience physical symptoms such as hot…”.

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEscelusWiktionary, English scelerophobe‘an evil deed’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2023scelerophobeWiktionary, English scelerophobe. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2023, Abby Roch: “A scelerophobe can experience physical symptoms such as hot…”

Formed from scelus + -o- + -phobe

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *skel- ‘to curve, bend’

shall, squeal, 3 more

Today it means

noun One who suffers from scelerophobia.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “scelerophobe”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Latin scelus / scelerophobe

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