Before revision: The term comes from the Greek γέρων – gerōn, "old man"γέρων, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus and φόβος – phobos, "fear".φόβος, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus Gerontophobia has been linked to Thanatophobia as fear of old age can be a precursor to fear of death
After revision: .The term comes from the Greek γέρων – gerōn, "old man"γέρων, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus and φόβος – phobos, "fear".φόβος, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus Gerontophobia has been linked to Thanatophobia as fear of old age can be a precursor to fear of death