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It's Greek. Television is latin (tele=far, videre/visus=to see), microscope is Greek (micro=small, skopein=to see).

• innguest 11y ago
  'tele' is Greek (telos is 'extremity' roughly, from which the adverbial sense "far off" for 'tele-'). Television is of mixed etymology.
• Semiapies 11y ago
  You're right, of course. I should have said "scientific ancient".