Etymograph

English

telescience

From tele- + science, coined within NASA.

Formed from tele- + science

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

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

English tele-

Latin sciō ‘to know’

Latin sciēns ‘knowing’

Latin scientia ‘knowledge’

Old French science ‘knowledge’

Middle English science ‘a science’

English science

The story

From tele- + science, coined within NASA.

Full etymology on Wiktionary

Today it means

noun The remote control of scientific apparatus, such as those on spacecraft.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “telescience”. 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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