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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...

Definitions

  1. A teletypewriter connected to a radio as part of...

Ancestry of “radioteletypewriter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishteletypewriterAn electromechanical communications device...
2EnglishtypewriterA device, at least partially mechanical, used to...
3EnglishtypeA grouping based on shared characteristics; a...
4Middle Englishtypesymbol, figure, emblem
5Latintypusfigure, image; type, form, sort, kind; form,...
6Ancient GreekτύποςA blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,...
7Ancient Greekτύπτωto beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself
8Proto-Indo-European(s)tewp-to push, to stick
9Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit
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