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Where does “teleferista” come from?

teleferista (Italian) comes from Italian teleferica, from Italian teleferico, from French téléphérique, from French téléphérage, from English telpherage, from English -age, from Middle English -age, from Old French -age.

teleferista (Italian): cableway, ropeway or telpher operator

Definitions

  1. cableway, ropeway or telpher operator

Ancestry of “teleferista”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantelefericacableway, aerial ropeway, telpher; feminine...
2Italiantelefericocableway, ropeway, telpher
3Frenchtéléphériqueaerial tramway, cable car
4Frenchtéléphérage—
5EnglishtelpherageAn automated transportation system powered by...
6English-ageforming nouns with the sense of collection or...
7Middle English-ageForms nouns indicating a right or relationship;...
8Old French-ageforms nouns with the sense of 'action or result...
9Old Occitan-atgesuffix used to form masculine nouns
10Latin-āticum—
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