Presby-

prefix

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Definitions

Prefix
  1. 1
    elder; old. morpheme

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pedo

Etymology

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, reanalyzed from presbyopia, ultimately from πρέσβυς (présbus, “elder, older”); more at presbyopia § Etymology; compare also presbyter § Etymology.

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