Example sentences for: geronto-

How can you use “geronto-” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Perhaps better to stay with pseudoetymonym and save the prefix geronto- to form gerontonym , meaning an old word, especially one whose original meaning has been altered, but is not necessarily now false.

  • Another possibility is gerontoetymonym, (pronounced ger-ON-to-ehTYM-o-nym) using the combining forms geronto- meaning old (from the Greek gerontos meaning old man) and etymo-.


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