The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromτέλος“result; end; loosely, the greater good”
- English todaytelishment
Coined by John Rawls in his 1955 paper “Two Concepts of Rules”. Probably a portmanteau of the Ancient Greek τέλος (télos, “result; end; loosely, the greater good”) and the English (pun)ishment. Compare telish.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekτέλος all →
telostelencephalontelophaseteleophobiatelestialtelestichtelishtelo-telocoeltelokintelomertelotroch
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.