gerontophile etymology

English word gerontophile comes from English -phile, English geronto- (Pertaining to old age or those of old age.)

Detailed word origin of gerontophile

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-phile English (eng) Forming nouns and adjectives meaning "loving", "friendly", or "friend".
geronto- English (eng) Pertaining to old age or those of old age.
gerontophile English (eng) A person with primary or exclusive sexual attraction towards the elderly.

Words with the same origin as gerontophile

Descendants of -phile
Hungarophile Indophile Londonphile Turcophile Xenaphile amphiphile capnophile coprophile entomophile infracaninophile mesophile necrophile oenophile parthenophile pedophile pianophile pronucleophile psammophile redophile scopophile siderophile spankophile tobaccophile toxophile
Descendants of geronto-
biogerontology geronticide gerontocentric gerontocide gerontocracy gerontogene gerontolatry gerontological gerontologist gerontology gerontomorphosis gerontophagy gerontophilia gerontophobe gerontosexuality gerontotherapeutic gerontotherapy psychogerontology sociogerontology