Etymograph

English

telecontroller

From tele- + controller.

Formed from tele- + controller

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

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

English tele-

Anglo-Norman contreroulour

Middle English countreroller

English controller

Today it means

noun An industrial device that controls equipment from a distance.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “telecontroller”. 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.

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