Paraskevidekatriaphobia

WHAT?

1. WHAT IN THE WORLD IS Paraskevidekatriaphobia?

2. What in the world is etymology? Etymology is the study of words.

I am starting by answering the second question first.

1. Breaking the word down: Paraskevidekatria(phobia) phobia, a fear of something? What are you afraid of?

1. (Para)skevidekatria: There are several different meanings of Para. I am choosing to use the word, "Abnormal" As in A_B_ Normal from the movie with Gene Wilder Abnormal.

2. Now what in the world is the meaning in the left overs? And that is not referring to last night's dinner! Skevidek and (atria)Atria. Skevidek was a little more difficult to find information on, however atria has the mean of heart.

3. In summary, In our hearts we are abnormally afraid of something?

What is this something?

I have come a long round about way to answer the first question. It is the fear of the number 13!

How can we be fearful of a number?

I gathered from other sources to compile this post:

List of references:

1. History Channel
2. etymology
4. Atria
5. Skevide