Where does “telepatico” come from?

telepatico (Italian) comes from Italian telepatia, 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.

telepatico (Italian): telepathic

Definitions

  1. telepathic

Ancestry of “telepatico”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantelepatiatelepathy
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

Words derived from “telepatico

Every word from Ancient Greek κῆτοςEvery word from Old Church Slavonic китъEvery word from Russian кит