Talk:Triakontenneaphobia/@comment-120.29.74.102-20151027064920

Nona- is not a Greek stem, but Latin. The name of the given phobia triakontanonaphobia, as the fear of 39 is a strange construction, as it sandwiches the Latin stem between two that are of Greek origin. Phobia, derived from the Greek word, has been borrowed into Latin, thus its use as a construct with Latin stems is permissible. Thirty-nine in tranliterated Greek is triakontaennea or triacontaennea. In Latin, the number is trīgintā novem (30 + 9) or ūndēquadrāgintā (un- "1" de- "from" 40 (quadra "4" ginta "10")). The combining forms for 39 in Greek is the Greek number, or by following the precendent of triskaidekaphobia, would be ennea- (9) kai- (and) triakonta- (30), i.e. enneakaitriakontaphobia. For Latin, the combining forms are trigesi- (30, as can be found in trigesimo-secundo, an old book-binders' term for a leaf of paper folded into 32 equal parts) and nona-, i.e., trigesinonaphobia. Though trigesinonaphobia would be acceptable, the Greek version  conforms to the traditional convention. Triakontanonaphobia does not.