The story
- Latin · derived fromproprius“own”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπρέσβυς“old”
- English todaypresbypropria
From Ancient Greek πρέσβυς (présbus, “old”) and Latin proprius (“own”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπρέσβυς all →
presbyopiapresbyope
Latinproprius all →
properproper leftproper motionproper rightpropriospinal
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.