The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπρέσβυς“old”
- English todaypresbyacusis
From presby- + -acusis. (Ultimately from Ancient Greek πρέσβυς (présbus, “old”) and ἄκουσις (ákousis, “hearing”).)
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπρέσβυς all →
presbyopiapresbyopepresbypropria
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.