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tele
Greek · ancient
"far off"
far off, combined with graphein (to write)
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Stage 2 of 3
telegraphe
French · 1794
"far-writer"
coined by Chappe for his long-distance visual signaling system
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Stage 3 of 3
telegraph
English · 1794
"a system for sending messages over long distances"
adopted from French for a system of sending messages over distance
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