Where does “televisit” come from?

televisit (English) comes from English visit, from Middle English visiten, from Old French visiter, from Latin vīsitō, from Latin -ito, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

televisit (English): A visit, typically to or by a doctor, by means of video technology

Definitions

  1. A visit, typically to or by a doctor, by means of video technology

Ancestry of “televisit”, step by step

televisit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English visit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvisitTo habitually go to to comfort them; To go and...
2Middle Englishvisiten
3Old Frenchvisiter
4Latinvīsitōto see
5Latin-itoForms frequentative verbs from existing verbs or...
6Latin-tōForms here
7Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
8Proto-Italic-tus
9Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

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 -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin -tō