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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 :-)
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β 13y ago
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β 14y agoFrom French téléphone about 1830, from télé- "far" (tele-) + phone "sound."
- Actually it was originally from the greek word tele meaning afar and phone, meaning sound
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β 15y agoTelephone is Latin
Tele meaning long
Phone meaning sound
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β 12y agoThe origin is Greek. Tele means 'distance' and phone means 'sound'
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β 11y agogreek
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β 11y agoGREEK
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What words come from the Greek word phone?
Telephone, microphone, phonics
What things did Alexander Graham Bell do to know how to invent the telephone?
he invented the telephone in 1876 and the first word he spoke on the telephone was Watson come here. i need you.
How did the telephone come to be?
the telephone came to be
What is the English word for telephone?
telephone already is an English word.
What is the first word that the inventor of the telephone said?
The first words to be said in a telephone were: "Come here Watson, I want you". And these were spoken by: Alexander Graham Bell on 6th March 1876.
What was the first word that speak in the telephone?
The first words to be said in a telephone were: "Come here Watson, I want you". And these were spoken by: Alexander Graham Bell on 6th March 1876.
What is the Romanian word for telephone?
telephone = telefon
What is the word telephone in German?
telephone in german is telefon
Is telephone a compound word?
No, telephone is not a compound word; phone is a word, but 'tele' is a prefix meaning to communicate over a distance.
What is the greek word for telephone?
The Greek word for telephone is "ΟΞ·Ξ»ΞΟΟΞ½ΞΏ" (tilΓ©fono).
What is the Malayalam word for telephone exchange?
telephone can roughly translated to Malayalam as doorasravi. But usually in Kerala the word telephone is used as it is.
Is telephone a common noun?
The noun 'telephone' is a singular, common, concrete noun; a word for a device; a word for a thing.The word 'telephone' is also a verb (telephone, telephones, telephoning, telephoned).
