Etymograph

English

teleshow

From tele- + show.

Formed from tele- + show

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

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

English tele-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁- ‘to heed, look, take note of’

Proto-Germanic *skawwōną ‘to look, see’

Proto-West Germanic *skauwōn ‘to look, see’

Old English scēawian ‘to look at; to exhibit, display’

Middle English schewen

English show

Today it means

noun a television show.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “teleshow”. 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 / teleshow