photophobia

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From photo- + -phobia.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bheh2- Proto-Indo-European *bhéh2os Proto-Hellenic *pháwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *gerbh- Proto-Hellenic *grə́phō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English photographclip. English photo Proto-Indo-European *bhegw- Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English photophobia From photo (“photograph”) + -phobia.

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: фотофобия (fotofobija) — excessive sensitivity to light
• Bulgarian: страх от светлина (strah ot svetlina) — excessive sensitivity to light
• Catalan: fotofòbia — excessive sensitivity to light
• Chinese Cantonese: 畏光 (wai3 gwong1) — excessive sensitivity to light
• Chinese Mandarin: 畏光 (wèiguāng) — excessive sensitivity to light
• Czech: fotofobie — excessive sensitivity to light
• Dutch: fotofobie — excessive sensitivity to light
• Finnish: valonarkuus — excessive sensitivity to light
• French: photophobie — excessive sensitivity to light
• German: Photophobia — excessive sensitivity to light
• Greek: φωτοφοβία (fotofovía) — excessive sensitivity to light
• Hebrew: פוטופוביה — excessive sensitivity to light
• Italian: fotofobia — excessive sensitivity to light
• Japanese: 羞明 (shūmei) — excessive sensitivity to light
• Korean: 수명 (sumyeong) — excessive sensitivity to light
• Latin: photophobia — excessive sensitivity to light
• Norwegian: lysømfintlighet — excessive sensitivity to light
• Polish: światłowstręt — excessive sensitivity to light
• Portuguese: fotofobia — excessive sensitivity to light
• Russian: светобоя́знь (svetobojáznʹ) — excessive sensitivity to light
• Russian: фотофо́бия (fotofóbija) — excessive sensitivity to light
• Serbo-Croatian: фотофобија — excessive sensitivity to light
• Serbo-Croatian: fotofobija — excessive sensitivity to light
• Spanish: fotofobia — excessive sensitivity to light
• Swedish: fotofobi — excessive sensitivity to light
• Swedish: ljusskygghet — excessive sensitivity to light