Where does “teleferica” come from?
teleferica (Italian) comes from Italian teleferico, from French téléphérique, from French téléphérage, from English telpherage, from English -age, from Middle English -age, from Old French -age, from Old Occitan -atge.
teleferica (Italian): cableway, aerial ropeway, telpher; feminine...
Definitions
- cableway, aerial ropeway, telpher; feminine...
Ancestry of “teleferica”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | teleferico | cableway, ropeway, telpher |
| 2 | French | téléphérique | aerial tramway, cable car |
| 3 | French | téléphérage | — |
| 4 | English | telpherage | An automated transportation system powered by... |
| 5 | English | -age | forming nouns with the sense of collection or... |
| 6 | Middle English | -age | Forms nouns indicating a right or relationship;... |
| 7 | Old French | -age | forms nouns with the sense of 'action or result... |
| 8 | Old Occitan | -atge | suffix used to form masculine nouns |
| 9 | Latin | -āticum | — |
Words derived from “teleferica”