English
tele-
Tele- comes from Ancient Greek τῆλε ‘at a distance, far off, far away, far from’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- ‘to turn, revolve’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷel-‘to turn, revolve’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτῆλεtêle‘at a distance, far off, far away, far from’
- Englishtodaytele-
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷel-‘to turn, revolve’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτῆλεtêle‘at a distance, far off, far away, far from’
- Englishtodaytele-
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- ‘to turn, revolve’
cycle, polar, pole, columnist, loaf, bazaar, accolade, pulley, bucolic, 9 more
Today it means
prefix over a distance
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- / tele-