English
telespectator
From tele- + spectator.
Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- ‘to turn, revolve’
Ancient Greek τῆλε ‘at a distance, far off, far away, far from’
English tele-
Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- ‘to see, to look, to observe’
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Proto-Italic *spekjō ‘to observe, see’
Latin speciō ‘look at’
Latin spectō ‘watch’
Latin spectātor ‘spectator, watcher’
English spectator
Today it means
noun One who witnesses an event on television.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / telespectator