Where does “telebooking” come from?

telebooking (English) comes from English booking, from English book, from Middle English booke, from Old English bōc, from Proto-Germanic bōk, from Proto-Germanic bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g- — to bake, to roast, to fry.

telebooking (English): The placing of reservations via telecommunication network

Definitions

  1. The placing of reservations via telecommunication network

Ancestry of “telebooking”, step by step

telebooking traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English booking

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishbookingpresent participle of book; The act or process of...
2EnglishbookA collection of sheets of paper bound together to...
3Middle Englishbookebook; Alternative form of bouk
4Old Englishbōcbeech; book
5Proto-Germanicbōk
6Proto-Germanicbakanąto bake
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₃g-to bake, to roast, to fry

via English tele

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishteleAlternative form of telly
2Englishtele-over a distance; television; telegraph
3Ancient Greekτῆλεfar off, afar, far away
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷelh₁-to move; to turn, go round; turn, become
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g-
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