phobias

[melody]

Am absolutely stumped as to the etymology of two phobias: merinthophobia and nelophobia. Have exhausted my research via Greek origins. Any help would be most gratefully appreciated. D.Moyle,esq.

[Cetti]

In my tiny Collins Fact File book it says that merinthophobia is the fear of 'being bound' - and Google says that nelophobia is the fear of glass. I will try and curb my curiosity on the reason for this knowledge! ;-)

[melody]

Dear Cetti, Thanx for prompt reply. However, I already knew that nelophobia is the fear of glass and that merinthophobia is the fear of being bound or tied. This can be found almost anywhere. What I can't find and what my original enquiry asked, was what were the etymologies of these two words. In other words, what Greek or Latin or any other language root is involved to form the phobia's names. "Melody".

[RamblinIrish]

Perhaps the nelophobia comes from the latin word neleus (neleuis) which means 'to see'..as in glass, see through..to see etc. Just a thought