English Explanatory Dictionary

presby-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. elder; old.

Word forms

presby-

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.

Antonyms

pedo-
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