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Where does “telegrafico” come from?

telegrafico (Italian) comes from Italian tele, from Italian televisione, from Spanish televisión, from Spanish tele-, from Ancient Greek τῆλε, from Latin commūnicāre, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis — resin.

telegrafico (Italian): telegraph; telegraphic

Definitions

  1. telegraph; telegraphic

Ancestry of “telegrafico”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianteleplural of tela; telly , TV
2Italiantelevisionetelevision
3Spanishtelevisióntelevision
4Spanishtele-tele-
5Ancient Greekτῆλεfar off, afar, far away
6Latincommūnicāre—
7Latincommūnis—
8Old Latincom(m)oinis—
9Proto-Italickommoinis—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkyt—
14Germankitt—
15Old High Germankuti—
16Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
17Proto-Germanickweduzresin

Words derived from “telegrafico”

  • fototelegrafico
  • postelegrafico
  • radiotelegrafico
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