Etymograph

English

teleinterview

From tele- + interview.

Formed from tele- + interview

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

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

English tele-

Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’

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Latin videō ‘to see’

Old French vëoir ‘to see’

Old French entrevëoir ‘to see one another’

Old French entreveue

English interview

Today it means

noun An interview taking place between remote participants via a telecommunication system.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “teleinterview”. 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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