Where does “telepuppet” come from?

telepuppet (English) comes from English puppet, from Middle English popet, from Old French poupette, from French poupée, from Middle French poupée, from Old French poupée, from Latin pupa, from Latin pupus — few, little; smallness.

telepuppet (English): A remotely controlled robot for carrying out physical tasks in a space environment

Definitions

  1. A remotely controlled robot for carrying out physical tasks in a space environment

Ancestry of “telepuppet”, step by step

telepuppet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English puppet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpuppetAny small model of a person or animal able to be...
2Middle EnglishpopetA small or young person
3Old Frenchpoupette
4Frenchpoupéedoll
5Middle Frenchpoupéedoll, toy
6Old Frenchpoupée
7Latinpupagirl, little girl; doll, puppet; pupa
8Latinpupusa boy, a child; a puppet; the pupil of the eye
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂w-few, little; smallness

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 peh₂w-
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