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- Ancient Greek · calque ofτῆλε“at a distance, far off, far away, far from”
- English todayfar-feeling
From far + feeling. Calque of Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “at a distance, far off, far away, far from”) + πάθος (páthos, “suffering, strong feeling”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekτῆλε all →
telephonetele-telestial
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.