Etymology

gerocomy

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Ancient Greek γηροκομία
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromγηροκομία
  2. English todaygerocomy

From Ancient Greek γηροκομία (gērokomía), from γῆρας (gêras, “old age”) + -κομία (-komía, “looking after”).

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