Where does “τῆλε” come from?
τῆλε (Ancient Greek) comes from Latin commūnicāre, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis, from Proto-Italic kommoinis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱom-moy-ni-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
τῆλε (Ancient Greek): far off, afar, far away
Definitions
- far off, afar, far away
Ancestry of “τῆλε”, step by step
τῆλε traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin commūnicāre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | commūnicāre | — |
| 2 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 3 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 8 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 9 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 10 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Ancient Greek αἴσθησις
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | αἴσθησις | Perception from the senses, feeling, hearing,... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |
via Proto-Indo-European kʷelh₁-
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷelh₁- | to move; to turn, go round; turn, become |