telepathy
/təˈlepəθi/tuh-LEH-puh-thee
/təˈlɛpəθi/tuh-LEH-puh-thee
Meaningfar-off feeling
Common meaning: supposed communication from mind to mind
- telefar offLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 804 · scan
- pathwhat happens to one; suffering; feelingLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 584 · scan
- ynoun ending: study, state or act
‘far off’ + ‘what happens to one’ → telepathy
Journey through time
Neither part’s path through time is traced in our sources yet; each root is shown from its dictionary entry.
- tele — Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle) “far off” (dictionary form; path not traced)
- path — Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos) “what happens to one; suffering; feeling” (dictionary form; path not traced)
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle) ‘far off’ + Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos) ‘what happens to one; suffering; feeling’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), entry πάθος (páthos), p. 584 · dictionary scan
Roots
- πάθος (páthos) Ancient Greek “what happens to one; suffering; feeling”
- τῆλε (têle) Ancient Greek “far off”
Related words
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