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[-] Null_Int@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

γέρων/gérōn as a noun means "old man" in Ancient Greek, and just "old" as an adjective; I imagine the -to- part probably comes from the form γέροντος/gérontos (singular genitive) or γερόντων/geróntōn (plural genitive) https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/γέρων#Ancient_Greek

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