Etymograph

English

telemonitor

From tele- + monitor.

Formed from tele- + monitor

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

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

English tele-

Latin moneō ‘to warn, remind’

Latin monitus ‘warning’

Latin monitor ‘warner’

English monitor

Today it means

noun A system that monitors something remotely, especially (in telemedicine) one that monitors the condition of a patient in another location.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “telemonitor”. 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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