Where does “televisión” come from?

televisión (Spanish) comes from Spanish visión, from Latin vīsiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

televisión (Spanish): television

Definitions

  1. television

Ancestry of “televisión”, step by step

televisión traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish visión

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishvisiónvision; vision, sight; view
2Latinvīsiōseeing, sight, vision, view
3Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
4Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
5Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
6Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
7Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
8Latincalceusshoe
9Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
10Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via Russian телеви́дение

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianтелеви́дениеtelevision (medium)

Words derived from “televisión

Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξEvery word from Latin -tiōEvery word from Latin dis-