john logie baird
vision, tele is the pre-fix
tele means distance or at a distance. vision means seeing or something seen. The word was television was likely inspired by telegraph and telephone/
tele= comes from the Greek word of "far" vision= comes from the Latin word of "visio"
Closed Circuit Tele Vision
Philo Farnsworth, an Idaho farm boy invented the first non-mechanical Tele-vision in 1927, but 1929 is the date if its first for-real broadcast. (Of his wife)
Well, sweetie, 'television' is called 'TV' because it's short for 'tele-vision'. Tele meaning 'far' or 'distant', and vision meaning 'sight'. So, it's like saying 'far sight'. Pretty straightforward, right? Now go enjoy your TV time, darling.
from the word parts..Tele meaning distant and vision
A tele vision is used to get important information and also for fun
Alexander Graham Bell
Close Circuit Tele Vision. Closed Circuit Television
Alexander Graham Bell
No, television is not a compound noun because 'tele' is not a word itself, it's the prefix for the noun 'vision'. A compound word is made up of two separate words.