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- Ancient Greek · derived fromπρέσβυς“old”
- English todaypresbyope
From Ancient Greek πρέσβυς (présbus, “old”) and ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπρέσβυς all →
presbyopiapresbypropria
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.