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Where does “teleparallelism” come from?

teleparallelism (English) comes from English parallelism, from English parallel, from Middle French parallèle, from Latin parallēlus, from Ancient Greek παράλληλος, from Ancient Greek ἀλλήλων, from Ancient Greek ἄλλος, from Ancient Greek κρίνω — to sift, separate, divide.

teleparallelism (English): An early attempt at unifying electromagnetism and...

Definitions

  1. An early attempt at unifying electromagnetism and...

Ancestry of “teleparallelism”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishparallelismThe state or condition of being parallel;...
2EnglishparallelEqually distant from one another at all points;...
3Middle Frenchparallèle—
4Latinparallēlus—
5Ancient Greekπαράλληλοςbeside one another, side-by-side; parallel to or...
6Ancient Greekἀλλήλωνreferring back to a plural subject, and...
7Ancient Greekἄλλοςother, another, different, else; in combination...
8Ancient GreekκρίνωTo separate, divide, part, distinguish between...
9Proto-Hellenickríňňō—
10Proto-Indo-Europeankrinyéti—
11Proto-Indo-Europeankrey-to sift, separate, divide
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