English

telecode

From tele- + code.

Formed from tele- + code

Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- ‘to turn, revolve’

Ancient Greek τῆλε ‘at a distance, far off, far away, far from’

English tele-

Latin caudex ‘the stock or stem of a tree’

Latin cōdex ‘tree trunk’

Old French code ‘system of law’

Middle English code ‘system of law’

English code

Today it means

noun A numerical encoding of a Tibetan word or phrase, used in CIA espionage.

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Sources: Wiktionary, “telecode”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / telecode

Shirt and support for this word

telecodetelecode

Today it means

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