Τήλεφος
Ancient Greek
proper noun
Definitions
- Telephus
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek τῆλε (afar, far away, at a distance, far off, far from, distant, far) + Ancient Greek φάος (light, radiance).
Origin
Ancient Greek
φάος
Gloss
light, radiance
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
光, 明
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- tele- English
- telencephalon English
- telephone English
- telestial English
- television English
- telephonum Latin
- visio Latin
- vīsiō Latin
- tele- Hungarian
- télé- French
- télégraphe French
- téléphone French
- телефон Russian
- Τηλέμαχος Ancient Greek
- Τηλέπυλος Ancient Greek
- τέλος Ancient Greek
- τηλόθεν Ancient Greek
- τῆλε Ancient Greek
- φάος Ancient Greek
- ἵππος Ancient Greek
- *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European
- tele- Norwegian Bokmål
- tele- Norwegian Nynorsk
- teili- Irish
- tele- Czech
- tele- Catalan, Valencian
- tele- Basque
- *pʰáos Proto-Hellenic