Etymology

telereality

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Today it means: The supposed reality conveyed by television. Full definition →

English reality ← French réalité ← Medieval Latin reālitā
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  2. Ancient Greekτῆλε (têle)
  3. Englishtele-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁ís
  6. Proto-Italic*reis
  7. Classical Latinrēs
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  10. Latinreālis
  11. Medieval Latinreālitā
  12. Frenchréalité
  13. Englishreality
  14. English todaytelereality

From tele- + reality.

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