| 1 | French | téléologie | teleology |
| 2 | Ecclesiastical Latin | teleologia | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τέλεος | genitive singular of τέλος; complete |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τέλος | completion, accomplishment, fulfillment,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μέρος | part, component, region; share, portion; one's... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | *(h)méros | — |