English
telecommunication
Telecommunication comes from Old French communicacion ‘communication’, from Latin commūnicō ‘to impart, share’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mey- ‘to attach, bind, strengthen’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mey-‘to attach, bind, strengthen’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱom-moy-ni-sreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kommoinis‘common’reconstructed
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEcomoinis
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcommūnis‘common, public, general’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcommūnicō‘to impart, share’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcommūnicātiō‘sharing, communication’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcommūnicātiōnem
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400communicacion‘communication’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcommunication
- French, derivedc. 1600–presenttélécommunication
- Englishearliest quotation 2019telecommunication
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mey-‘to attach, bind, strengthen’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱom-moy-ni-sreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kommoinis‘common’reconstructed
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEcomoinis
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcommūnis‘common, public, general’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcommūnicō‘to impart, share’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcommūnicātiō‘sharing, communication’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcommūnicātiōnem
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400communicacion‘communication’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcommunication
- French, derivedc. 1600–presenttélécommunication
- Englishearliest quotation 2019telecommunication
Earliest quotation: 2019, Unicode in, Zawgyi out: Modernity finally catches up in Myan: “Oct. 1 is “U-Day,” when Myanmar officially will adopt…”
Formed from tele- + communication
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’
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Latin commūnicō ‘to share, impart’
Latin commūnicātiō ‘sharing, imparting’
Old French communicacion ‘communication’
Middle English comunicacioun
English communication
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *mey- ‘to attach, bind, strengthen’
mean, met, minute, minister, minor, mess, ministry, meal, commission, min, menu, mutual, mere, missile, minus, commit, compromise, dismiss, premise, immune, mole, immunity, mayhem, mural, municipality, ammo, moor, noodle, intermittent, ammunition, mite, omit, remuneration, monolith, minstrel, mitra, mitre, mitosis, meiosis, missive, 67 more
through Proto-Italic *kommoinis ‘common’
through Old Latin comoinis
through Latin commūnis ‘common, public, general’
common, community, communist, communicate, communism, communal, communion, 15 more
through Latin commūnicō ‘to impart, share’
Today it means
noun The science and technology of the communication of messages over a distance using electric, electronic or electromagnetic impulses.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mey- / telecommunication