Where does “télégraphiste” come from?
télégraphiste (French) comes from French télégraphe, from French télé-, from Ancient Greek τῆλε, from Latin commūnicāre, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis, from Proto-Italic kommoinis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱom-moy-ni- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
télégraphiste (French): telegraphist
Definitions
- telegraphist
Ancestry of “télégraphiste”, step by step
télégraphiste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French télégraphe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | télégraphe | telegraph |
| 2 | French | télé- | tele- |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τῆλε | far off, afar, far away |
| 4 | Latin | commūnicāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 6 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Polish telegraf
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | telegraf | telegraph |
| 2 | Polish | -ista | added to words to form names of activity's performers or professions; -ist |
| 3 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |