Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances, now often a small portable unit also capable of running software etc. · A person's telephone number (as a means of contact); digits.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. French télé- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)der. French -phone French téléphonebor. English telephoneclip. English phone Clipping of telephone; first attested in 1884.
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