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Saruman also blocks Rowan's military assistance to Gondor (feddit.de)

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[–] Xanthrax 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

I was confused why the prefix wasn't just "gero" and now I'm going down an etymological rabbit hole.

Did you make that word, or did someone else?

It reminds me of Trotsky's description of a Kleptocracy.

[–] Null_Int 4 points 10 months ago

γέρων/gérōn as a noun means "old man" in Ancient Greek, and just "old" as an adjective; I imagine the -to- part probably comes from the form γέροντος/gérontos (singular genitive) or γερόντων/geróntōn (plural genitive) https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/γέρων#Ancient_Greek

[–] unreasonabro 2 points 10 months ago

yes