Etymology

radiotelegraph

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Today it means: wireless telegraphy Full definition →

English telegraph ← French télégraphe ← Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)
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The story

  1. Latinradius
  2. Englishradio-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  4. Ancient Greekτῆλε (têle)
  5. Frenchtélé-
  6. Frenchtélégraphe
  7. Englishtelegraph
  8. English todayradiotelegraph

From radio- + telegraph.

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