Etymology

teleseme

T1E1L1E1S1E1M3E1

Today it means: A system of apparatus for electric signals providing for automatic transmission of a number of predetermined signals or calls, as in connection with hotel annunciators. Full definition →

Ancient Greek σῆμᾰ
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσῆμᾰ“sign”
  2. English todayteleseme

From tele- + Ancient Greek σῆμᾰ (sêmă, “sign”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.