Etymology of the English word teletypewriter
the English word
teletypewriterusing the English prefix
tele-derived from the Greek word
tele, τέλε, τῆλε (far "distant)
derived from the English word
typewriterderived from the English word
typederived from the Late Latin word
typus (figure, bas-relief; ground plan; form, type, character)
derived from the Greek word
tupos, τύπος (type; a die (as struck); a stamp or scar; by analogy, a shape; a statue, style or resemblance; specially, a sampler ('type'); a model (for imitation) or instance (for warning))
derived from the Greek word
tuptein, τύπτω
derived from the English word
writerderived from the English word
writederived from the Proto-Germanic root
*writananusing the English suffix
-erderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*-arjazusing the Latin suffix
-arius (-ar)
Usage
Word found in Modern English