English

telepuppet

From tele- + puppet.

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

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

English tele-

Middle English popet ‘a small or young person’

Today it means

noun A remotely controlled robot for carrying out physical tasks in a space environment.

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

Etymograph / telepuppet