'anemo-phobia' originates from Greek, specifically the elements 'anemos' and 'phobos', where 'anemos' meant 'wind' and 'phobos' meant 'fear'.

'anemo-phobia' is a Modern English formation combining the Greek combining form 'anemo-' ('wind') with the suffix '-phobia' (from Greek 'phobos', 'fear'), modeled on other clinical/colloquial coinages like 'claustrophobia' and 'agoraphobia'.

Initially, the components literally meant 'wind' + 'fear', and the combined formation has retained the same basic meaning: 'fear of wind'.