telos
English
/ˈtiː.lɒs/
noun
Definitions
- The aim or goal.
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek τέλος (end, purpose, completion, result, accomplishment, perfection, fulfilment, tax, degree of completion, product, af, telo-, fulfillment, extremity).
Origin
Ancient Greek
τέλος
Gloss
end, purpose, completion, result, accomplishment, perfection, fulfilment, tax, degree of completion, product, af, telo-, fulfillment, extremity
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
税, 租
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- autotelic English
- telangiectasia English
- teleocracy English
- telestich English
- telogonic English
- telomere English
- Aristoteles Latin
- tellus Latin
- teleologie Dutch, Flemish
- телеология Russian
- Πραξιτέλης Ancient Greek
- εὐτελής Ancient Greek
- μέρος Ancient Greek
- πολυτελής Ancient Greek
- τέλειος Ancient Greek
- τέλος Ancient Greek
- τελέω Ancient Greek
- τελήεις Ancient Greek
- τελώνης Ancient Greek
- τῆλε Ancient Greek
- Ἀριστοτέλης Ancient Greek
- ἐντελής Ancient Greek
- ὑποτελής Ancient Greek
- *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European
- τέλος Greek (modern)