παλαιός

Etymology
From. Likely cognate with 🇨🇬, which has been argued to mean “old”; this connection points to a and casts doubt on the popularly proposed etymology from.

Adjective

 * 1) old, aged
 * 2) ancient, of times past
 * 3) time-honoured, venerable
 * 4) antiquated, outdated
 * 1) time-honoured, venerable
 * 2) antiquated, outdated

Adjective

 * 1) long established, old, former, not modern, worn out

Usage notes

 * In general, for positive forms, παλιός is more common than παλαιός, however with the degrees of comparison forms inflected from παλαιότερος and παλαιότατος are more frequent than those from παλιότερος and παλιότατος.