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According to the etymological dictionary: >From Latin claustrum (“a shut-in place”), from claudō (“I shut, close; I imprison, confine”) + -phobia. First attest

by kgeist 2y ago

According to the etymological dictionary: >From Latin claustrum (“a shut-in place”), from claudō (“I shut, close; I imprison, confine”) + -phobia. First attested in the British Medical Journal So it's not a corruption. It's a neologism.