Where does “高品位テレビジョン” come from?

高品位テレビジョン (Japanese) comes from Japanese テレビジョン, from English televisión, from French télévision, from German Television, from Italian televisione, from Spanish televisión, from Spanish tele-, from Ancient Greek τῆλε — resin, gum; to say, speak.

Ancestry of “高品位テレビジョン”, step by step

高品位テレビジョン traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese テレビジョン

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseテレビジョンa television
2EnglishtelevisiónAn electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound
3Frenchtélévisiontelevision
4GermanTelevision
5Italiantelevisionetelevision
6Spanishtelevisióntelevision
7Spanishtele-tele
8Ancient Greekτῆλεfar off, afar, far away
9Latincommūnicāre
10Latincommūniscommon, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together
11Old Latincom(m)oinis
12Proto-Italickommoiniscommon
13Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
14Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
15Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
16Middle Englishkyt
17Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
18Old High Germankuti
19Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
20Proto-Germanickweduzresin
21Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak

via Japanese 高品位

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese高品位
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduzEvery word from Proto-West Germanic kwidu