>> My Greek teacher hated the word “television.” He considered it an abomination that combined the Greek prefix telos (far off) with a Latin base, videre (to se

>> My Greek teacher hated the word “television.” He considered it an abomination that combined the Greek prefix telos (far off) with a Latin base, videre (to see). Note "telos" which means 'goal' or 'end', but "tele-" which indeed implies distance. Words like Telegraph and Telephone that use "tele-" are modern inventions but ancient words with a "tele-" prefix are "τηλεβόας" ("televoas", a loudspeaker") and "Tηλέμαχος" (Telemachus, lit. "he who fights from a distance", metaphorically an archer or javelin-thrower; the son of Odysseus). Edit: many more here-> https://www.greek-language.gr/digitalResources/ancient_greek/tools/liddell-scott/search.html?lq=%CF%84%E1%BF%86%CE%BB%CE%B5 https://www.greek-language.gr/digitalResources/ancient_greek...