The word "telescope" originates from the Greek words "tele," meaning far, and "skopein," meaning to look at. Combined, "telescope" means to look at faraway objects.
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 telephone from the Greek: tēle, meaning "far" and phōnē, meaning "voice"
from Greek 'teleskopos' meaning 'far seeing'. There is a word in Latin with the same meaning, 'telescopium'
The English prefix 'tele' is from the Greek word 'tele' meaning 'far.'
The word "telesurgery" is derived from the Greek words tele, meaning "far off," and cheirourgia, meaning "working by hand."
It is not Greek and has no Greek meaning.
The word "telescope" originates from the Greek words "tele" meaning far and "skopein" meaning to look at. It was first coined in 1611 by the Greek mathematician Giovanni Demisiani to describe a device for seeing distant objects.
From the Greek words meaning "from far away" and "to see", it means a device to which a picture and sound can be broadcast by means of radio waves or a cable.
Some common Greek prefixes used in English include "tele-" meaning distant or far, "micro-" meaning small, and "hypo-" meaning below. Common Greek suffixes include "-logy" meaning study of, "-phobia" meaning fear of, and "-nomy" meaning system of rules or laws.
The root for telescope is "tele-" which comes from the Greek word "tele," meaning far off or distant.
The word "telescope" comes from the Greek words "tele" meaning far, and "skopein" meaning to look or see. It was first used in the early 17th century to describe a device used to view distant objects.