tele
τῆλε (tēle)
means “far, at a distance”
Tele means far. A telephone carries a voice far; a telescope lets you look far.
Words built on tele
- telephone: a device that carries a voice far away (tele + phone)
- telescope: a tool for looking at faraway things (tele + scope)
- telepathy: feeling what someone thinks from far away (tele + path + y)
The Texas version
Calling your mama from Houston to Lubbock? That's tele: Greek for far off.
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