Where does “videotelefonia” come from?
videotelefonia (Italian) comes from Italian telefonia, 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.
videotelefonia (Italian): videotelephony
Ancestry of “videotelefonia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | telefonia | telephony |
| 2 | Italian | tele | plural of tela; telly , 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 | — |
| 9 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 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 |