Where does “telegrafista” come from?

telegrafista (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.

telegrafista (Italian): telegraphist; telegraph operator

Definitions

  1. telegraphist; telegraph operator

Ancestry of “telegrafista”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantelegrafotelegraph; telegraph office; first-person...
2Italianteletelly UK, TV
3Italiantelevisionetelevision
4Spanishtelevisióntelevision
5Spanishtele-tele
6Ancient Greekτῆλεfar off, afar, far away
7Latincommūnicāre
8Latincommūniscommon, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together
9Old Latincom(m)oinis
10Proto-Italickommoiniscommon
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
14Middle Englishkyt
15Russianкитwhale; genitive plural of ки́та
16Old Church Slavonicкитъwhale
17Ancient Greekκῆτοςwhale, sea monster; abyss
Every word from Ancient Greek κῆτοςEvery word from Old Church Slavonic китъEvery word from Russian кит