Where does “telecatalogue” come from?
telecatalogue (English) comes from English catalogue, from Middle English cathaloge, from Old French catalogue, from Latin catalogus, from Ancient Greek κατάλογος, from Ancient Greek καταλέγω, from Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ-, from Ancient Greek κατά — to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth.
telecatalogue (English): A catalogue published by means of a telecommunication network
Definitions
- A catalogue published by means of a telecommunication network
Ancestry of “telecatalogue”, step by step
telecatalogue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English catalogue
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | catalogue | A systematic list of names, books, pictures etc;... |
| 2 | Middle English | cathaloge | — |
| 3 | Old French | catalogue | — |
| 4 | Latin | catalogus | catalogue |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κατάλογος | enrolment; register, catalogue |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | καταλέγω | to pick out, to choose out of, to... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κᾰτᾰ- | fully; down; denoting motion downwards |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | κατά | |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | καταστερίζω | to place among the stars; I put among the stars |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | ἀστήρ | a celestial body; illustrious person; starfish |
| 11 | Proto-Hellenic | astḗr | star |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂stḗr | star |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eHs- | to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth |