English

telefacsimile

From tele- + facsimile.

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

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

English tele-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

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Proto-Italic *θakjō

Proto-Italic *fakjō ‘to make’

Latin faciō ‘make’

Latin fac simile ‘make like’

Today it means

noun fax

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

Etymograph / telefacsimile