Etymology of the English word telegenic
the English word
telegenicderived from the English word
televisionderived from the French word
télévisionusing the French prefix
télé-derived from the Old French word
visionderived from the Latin word
visio (vision)
derived from the Latin word
visum (vision; that which is seen, appearance)
derived from the Late Latin word
videre (see, look at; consider)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*weid-derived from the Classical Latin word
visus (look, sight, appearance)
derived from the Late Latin word
dividerederived from the New Latin word
di-derived from the Greek word
di-, δι-, δί-
derived from the Greek word
dis, δίς (double; twice)
derived from the Late Latin word
videre (see, look at; consider)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*weid-derived from the English word
visionderived from the Old French word
visionderived from the Latin word
visio (vision)
derived from the Latin word
visum (vision; that which is seen, appearance)
derived from the Late Latin word
videre (see, look at; consider)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*weid-derived from the Classical Latin word
visus (look, sight, appearance)
derived from the Late Latin word
dividerederived from the New Latin word
di-derived from the Greek word
di-, δι-, δί-
derived from the Greek word
dis, δίς (double; twice)
derived from the Late Latin word
videre (see, look at; consider)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*weid-using the English prefix
tele-derived from the Greek word
tele, τέλε, τῆλε (far "distant)
derived from the English word
photogenicusing the English prefix
photo-derived from the Latin prefix
photo-derived from the Greek prefix
photo-, φωτο-, ϕωτο-
derived from the Greek word
phos, φῶς (light; luminousness (in the widest application, natural or artificial, abstract or concrete, literal or figurative))
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bha-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bhā-using the English suffix
-genicDate
The earliest known usage of telegenic in English dates from the 20th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
