Etymograph

English

telecommunicate

From tele- + communicate.

A compound of tele- + communicate

Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- ‘to turn, revolve’

Ancient Greek τῆλε ‘at a distance, far off, far away, far from’

English tele-

Proto-Indo-European *mey- ‘to change’

Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s

Proto-Italic *kommoinis ‘common’

Old Latin co(m)moinis

Latin commūnis ‘common’

English communicate

Today it means

verb To communicate over a long distance, often across the internet.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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