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Yes, but the etymology is easily googled and would reveal that that suggestion is not correct: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/telemarketing#Etymology https://en

Yes, but the etymology is easily googled and would reveal that that suggestion is not correct: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/telemarketing#Etymology https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/telemarketing#Etymology

amelius 3y ago
Etymology tells you where a word originates from, not what people currently use it for.
- ceejayoz 3y ago
  Which, in this case, are the same. Telemarketing refers, both entymologically and colloquially, to marketing via telephone. No one calls billboards or online ads telemarketing.