Etymology

telephonelike

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Today it means: Resembling a telephone or something associated with a telephone Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English telephone
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The story

  1. Frenchtélé-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pʰōnā́
  4. Ancient Greekφωνή (phōnḗ)
  5. Frenchtéléphone
  6. Englishtelephone
  7. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  8. Proto-Germanic*līką
  9. English todaytelephonelike

From telephone + -like.

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