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Where does “televisão” come from?

televisão (Portuguese) comes from French télévision, from French vision, from Middle French vision, from Old French vision — vision.

televisão (Portuguese): a television; television

Definitions

  1. a television; television

Ancestry of “televisão”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtélévisiontelevision
2Frenchvisionvision, sight
3Middle Frenchvision—
4Old Frenchvisionvision

Words derived from “televisão”

  • antitelevisão
  • televisar
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