Is there a gender-neutral prefix for "parent"?
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"Parr-" seems to be the general term to refer to either parent, at least insofar as the term "parricide" vs. "matricide" or "patricide".
Parricide: Characteristics of sons and daughters who kill their parents
Understanding Parricide: When Sons and Daughters Kill Parents
I haven't done an exhaustive search to see if this prefix is used in any other contexts, though.
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Score 4
The answer is yes, and that prefix is parent.
From MW;
Origin of PARENT
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin parent-, parens; akin to Latin parere to give birth to