geriatric
English
adj
Definitions
- Relating to the elderly
- Elderly, old
- Relating to geriatrics
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek γῆρας (old age).
Origin
Ancient Greek
γῆρας
Gloss
old age
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- caloyer English
- ethnogeriatric English
- geriatrician English
- geriatricide English
- neurogeriatric English
- nongeriatric English
- oncogeriatric English
- orthogeriatric English
- psychogeriatric English
- suprageriatric English
- geriatria Finnish
- geriatrinen Finnish
- geriatrisesti Finnish
- caloyer French
- γῆρας Ancient Greek
- *ǵērh₂-s Proto-Indo-European
- καλόγερος Greek (modern)
- גריאטרי Hebrew (modern)