Etymology

teletypewriter

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Today it means: Synonym of teletype (“telegraph that automatically prints transmitted messages in letters rather than Morse code or other symbols”). Full definition →

English typewriter ← Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle) ← Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  2. Ancient Greekτῆλε (têle)
  3. Englishtele-
  4. Englishtypewriter
  5. English todayteletypewriter

From tele- (“far, distant, telegraph”) + typewriter.

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