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
- cableway, ropeway or telpher operator
Ancestry of “teleferista”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | teleferica | cableway, aerial ropeway, telpher; feminine... |
| 2 | Italian | teleferico | cableway, ropeway, telpher |
| 3 | French | téléphérique | aerial tramway, cable car |
| 4 | French | téléphérage | — |
| 5 | English | telpherage | An automated transportation system powered by... |
| 6 | English | -age | forming nouns with the sense of collection or... |
| 7 | Middle English | -age | Forms nouns indicating a right or relationship;... |
| 8 | Old French | -age | forms nouns with the sense of 'action or result... |
| 9 | Old Occitan | -atge | suffix used to form masculine nouns |
| 10 | Latin | -āticum | — |