Etymograph

English

gerontophile

From geronto- + -phile.

A compound of geronto- + -phile

Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- ‘to grow old, to mature’

Proto-Indo-European *ǵérh₂onts ‘old’

Proto-Hellenic *géronts

Ancient Greek γέρων ‘old man’

English geronto-

Today it means

noun A person sexually attracted to elderly men.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / gerontophile