Τηλε- (transliterated tele- pronounced as in television)
It means far.
Common examples:
television (see from afar)
telephone (voice from afar)
teleport (transfer something from a distance)
etc
Its greek and it means ''from afar'' τηλε- (tele-)
It's Greek.
tele means distance
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The English prefix 'tele' is from the Greek word 'tele' meaning 'far.'
The origin of the word "telescope" is ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Italian telescopio or modern Latin telescopium, from tele- 'at a distance' + -scopium (see -scope ).
Distance - from Greek. A more precise definition would be ''from afar''. Greek : τηλε-
it means "see far" telescope is a Greek word (ΤΗΛΕΣΚΟΠΙΟ) it comes from uniting 2 words : tele + scope tele (ΤΗΛΕ) = far scope (ΣΚΟΠΙΟ, ΣΚΟΠΕΥΩ) = see (in ancient Greek) But the actual word telescope I don't think is in the Greek Bible.
The Greek word for telephone is "ΟΞ·Ξ»ΞΟΟΞ½ΞΏ" (tilΓ©fono).
The word "tele" is Greek for "at a distance" or "to a distance," and the word "graph" is Greek for "to write," together translating as "to write at a distance." The word "television" uses the Latin word "visio," meaning "to see," along with the Greek word "tele," which together translates as "to see at a distance."
The root of the word "television" comes from combining "tele," which means "far," with "vision," which refers to seeing. So, "television" essentially means "seeing from a distance."
From the Greek word, Pera, meaning 'further'
Telephone is from the Greek tele meaning "far" and phone meaning "voice". There's Greek accents in the actual spelling, but I don't know how to do those on my laptop :-)
The Greek roots of "telephone" are tele- "at a distance" and phoneo "speak."