English
telepoll
From tele- + poll.
Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- ‘to turn, revolve’
Ancient Greek τῆλε ‘at a distance, far off, far away, far from’
English tele-
Proto-Indo-European *bew- ‘to blow, swell’
Proto-Indo-European *bolno- ‘orb, round object’
Proto-Germanic *pullaz ‘round object, head, top’
Proto-West Germanic *poll
Middle English pol ‘scalp, pate (head)’
English poll
Today it means
noun A poll carried out by telephone.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / telepoll