Where does “minitelevizor” come from?
minitelevizor (Romanian) comes from Romanian televizor, from French téléviseur, from French téléviser, from French télévision, from German Television, from Italian televisione, from Spanish televisión, from Spanish tele- — resin.
minitelevizor (Romanian): small TV
Definitions
- small TV
Ancestry of “minitelevizor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | televizor | a television set (the device) |
| 2 | French | téléviseur | television set |
| 3 | French | téléviser | to televise |
| 4 | French | télévision | television |
| 5 | German | Television | — |
| 6 | Italian | televisione | television |
| 7 | Spanish | televisión | television |
| 8 | Spanish | tele- | tele |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | τῆλε | far off, afar, far away |
| 10 | Latin | commūnicāre | — |
| 11 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 12 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 17 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 18 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 19 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 20 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 21 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |