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Where does “teleheating” come from?

teleheating (English) comes from English heating, from English -ing, from Old English -ing, from Old English -tūn, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną, from Gaulish dunum — smoke; mist, haze.

teleheating (English): The supply of heat, either in the form of steam...

Definitions

  1. The supply of heat, either in the form of steam...

Ancestry of “teleheating”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishheatingA system that raises the temperature of a room or...
2English-ingUsed to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,...
3Old English-ingForming nouns from verbs, indicating action,...
4Old English-tūn—
5Old Englishtūnenclosure, yard; place; dwelling
6Proto-West Germanictūnfence
7Proto-Germanictūnąfence; enclosure
8Gaulishdunumfort; hill, hillfort
9Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
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