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Where does “televisar” come from?

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

televisar (Portuguese): to televise

Definitions

  1. to televise

Ancestry of “televisar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesetelevisãoa television; television
2Frenchtélévisiontelevision
3Frenchvisionvision, sight
4Middle Frenchvision—
5Old Frenchvisionvision
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