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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

  1. cableway, aerial ropeway, telpher; feminine...

Ancestry of “teleferica”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantelefericocableway, ropeway, telpher
2Frenchtéléphériqueaerial tramway, cable car
3Frenchtéléphérage—
4EnglishtelpherageAn automated transportation system powered by...
5English-ageforming nouns with the sense of collection or...
6Middle English-ageForms nouns indicating a right or relationship;...
7Old French-ageforms nouns with the sense of 'action or result...
8Old Occitan-atgesuffix used to form masculine nouns
9Latin-āticum—

Words derived from “teleferica”

  • teleferista
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