Where does “telegrafare” come from?

telegrafare (Italian) comes from Italian telegrafo, from Italian tele, from Italian televisione, from Spanish televisión, from Spanish tele-, from Ancient Greek τῆλε, from Latin commūnicāre, from Latin commūnis — whale, sea monster; abyss.

telegrafare (Italian): to telegraph, cable

Definitions

to telegraph, cable

Ancestry of “telegrafare”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Italian	telegrafo	telegraph; telegraph office; first-person...
2	Italian	tele	telly UK, TV
3	Italian	televisione	television
4	Spanish	televisión	television
5	Spanish	tele-	tele
6	Ancient Greek	τῆλε	far off, afar, far away
7	Latin	commūnicāre	—
8	Latin	commūnis	common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together
9	Old Latin	com(m)oinis	—
10	Proto-Italic	kommoinis	common
11	Proto-Indo-European	ḱom-moy-ni-	held in common
12	Proto-Indo-European	ḱóm	beside, near, by, with
13	Proto-Indo-European	ḱe	Deictic particle, here; Post-positional...
14	Middle English	kyt	—
15	Russian	кит	whale; genitive plural of ки́та
16	Old Church Slavonic	китъ	whale
17	Ancient Greek	κῆτος	whale, sea monster; abyss

Words derived from “telegrafare”

radiotelegrafare

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