acrophobia
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix
acro-
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix
acrophobia
morbid fear of high place;
高处恐怖症
Dissection of acrophobia
acrophobia = acro- (top, tip, end, edge) + -phobia (morbid fear of)
acrophobia = morbid fear of high place
Now Repeat my Dissection
acrophobia = morbid fear of high place
Important roots for this word:
-phobia
acro-
Note: You may sometimes find that a vowel such as o is often inserted between two roots, as o inserted between phon and graph in phonograph = phon + o + graph, the reason is for easy pronounciation. Another example is archaeology = archae + o + logy
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