Where does “farseer” come from?
farseer (English) comes from German Fernseher, from German Fernsehen, from English televisión, from French télévision, from German Television, from Italian televisione, from Spanish televisión, from Spanish tele- — resin, gum; to say, speak.
farseer (English): One who farsees; prophet; soothsayer;...
Definitions
- One who farsees; prophet; soothsayer;...
Ancestry of “farseer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Fernseher | a television set, a TV; a television viewer |
| 2 | German | Fernsehen | television |
| 3 | English | televisión | An electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound |
| 4 | French | télévision | television |
| 5 | German | Television | — |
| 6 | Italian | televisione | television |
| 7 | Spanish | televisión | television |
| 8 | Spanish | tele- | tele |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | τῆλε | far off, afar, far away |
| 10 | Latin | commūnicāre | — |
| 11 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 12 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 17 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 18 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 19 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 20 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 21 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 22 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |