English

teleswitch

tele- + switch

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

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

English tele-

Middle Dutch swijch ‘twig’

Today it means

noun A switch operated remotely by radio signals.

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Etymograph / teleswitch