Where does “telespectator” come from?

telespectator (English) comes from French téléspectateur, from French spectateur, from Latin spectātor, from Latin spectō, from Latin speciō, from Proto-Italic spekjō, from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyeti, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.

telespectator (English): One who witnesses an event on television

Definitions

One who witnesses an event on television

Ancestry of “telespectator”, step by step

telespectator traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French téléspectateur

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	téléspectateur	television viewer, a person
2	French	spectateur	viewer
3	Latin	spectātor	spectator, watcher
4	Latin	spectō	to watch, observe, look at, consider
5	Latin	speciō	to observe, watch, look at
6	Proto-Italic	spekjō	to observe, to see
7	Proto-Indo-European	spéḱyeti	to be looking at, to keep looking at
8	Proto-Indo-European	speḱ-	to see, to look, to observe

via English tele

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	tele	Alternative form of telly
2	English	tele-	over a distance; television; telegraph
3	Ancient Greek	τῆλε	far off, afar, far away
4	Proto-Indo-European	kʷelh₁-	to move; to turn, go round; turn, become

via English spectator

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	spectator	One who watches an event; especially, one held...

Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyeti →Every word from Proto-Italic spekjō →