Where does “radioteletypewriter” come from?
radioteletypewriter (English) comes from English teletypewriter, from English typewriter, from English type, from Middle English type, from Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τύπος, from Ancient Greek τύπτω, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewp- — to push, to hit.
radioteletypewriter (English): A teletypewriter connected to a radio as part of...
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- A teletypewriter connected to a radio as part of...
Ancestry of “radioteletypewriter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | teletypewriter | An electromechanical communications device... |
| 2 | English | typewriter | A device, at least partially mechanical, used to... |
| 3 | English | type | A grouping based on shared characteristics; a... |
| 4 | Middle English | type | symbol, figure, emblem |
| 5 | Latin | typus | figure, image; type, form, sort, kind; form,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |