gerontocide etymology

English word gerontocide comes from English -cide (Killer. Killing.), English geronto- (Pertaining to old age or those of old age.)

Detailed word origin of gerontocide

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-cide English (eng) Killer. Killing.
geronto- English (eng) Pertaining to old age or those of old age.
gerontocide English (eng)

Words with the same origin as gerontocide

Descendants of -cide
amicicide computercide culturecide deicidal febricide felicide feticide fungicide gendercide geocide gonocide herbicide infanticide insecticide larvicidal licecide lupicide mosquitocide nematicide neonaticide parenticide spermicide vaccicide vermicidal vulpicide
Descendants of geronto-
biogerontology geronticide gerontocentric gerontocracy gerontogene gerontolatry gerontological gerontologist gerontology gerontomorphosis gerontophagy gerontophile gerontophilia gerontophobe gerontosexuality gerontotherapeutic gerontotherapy psychogerontology sociogerontology