Etymology

telegraphist

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Today it means: A telegrapher or telegraph operator. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  2. Ancient Greekτῆλε (têle)
  3. Frenchtélé-
  4. Frenchtélégraphe
  5. Englishtelegraph
  6. English todaytelegraphist

From telegraph + -ist.

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