Etymology

gerontologist

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Today it means: A physician who specializes in gerontology Full definition →

English gerontology ← Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) ← Proto-Hellenic *lógos
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵerh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵérh₂onts
  3. Proto-Hellenic*géronts
  4. Ancient Greekγέροντος (gérontos)
  5. Englishgeronto-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  8. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  9. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  10. Englishgerontology
  11. English todaygerontologist

From gerontology + -ist.

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