Where does “radiotelefoni” come from?

radiotelefoni (Italian) comes from Italian radiotelefonare, from Italian telefonare, from Romanian telefona, from French téléphoner, from French téléphone, from French télé-, from Ancient Greek τῆλε, from Latin commūnicāre — whale, sea monster; abyss.

radiotelefoni (Italian): plural of radiotelefono; inflection of...

Definitions

  1. plural of radiotelefono; inflection of...

Ancestry of “radiotelefoni”, step by step

radiotelefoni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian radiotelefonare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianradiotelefonareTo radiotelephone
2Italiantelefonareto telephone, to call, to make a phone call
3Romaniantelefonato call, to phone
4FrenchtéléphonerTo call, to ring, to telephone
5Frenchtéléphonetelephone; first-person singular present...
6Frenchtélé-tele-
7Ancient Greekτῆλεfar off, afar, far away
8Latincommūnicāre
9Latincommūniscommon, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together
10Old Latincom(m)oinis
11Proto-Italickommoiniscommon
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
13Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
14Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
15Middle Englishkyt
16Russianкитwhale; genitive plural of ки́та
17Old Church Slavonicкитъwhale
18Ancient Greekκῆτοςwhale, sea monster; abyss

via Italian radiotelefono

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianradiotelefonoradio telephone; cordless phone
2Italianradio-radio
3Latinradio-
4Latinradiusray; staff, rod; spoke
5English-ánOf or pertaining to;. Often added to words of Latin origin, but also used with words of other origins. When a word ends in a
6Middle English-an
Every word from Ancient Greek κῆτοςEvery word from Old Church Slavonic китъEvery word from Russian кит