English

telefuture

From tele- + future.

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

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

English tele-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ‘to become’

Latin sum ‘to be’

Latin futūrus ‘about to be’

Old French futur

Middle English future ‘a future action or doing’

Today it means

noun A possible future arising from the use of telecommunications technology.

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

Etymograph / telefuture