The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromτῆλε“at a distance, far off, far away, far from”
- English todaytele-
From Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “at a distance, far off, far away, far from”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekτῆλε all →
telephonefar-feelingtelestial
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.