Meaning

noun a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. English tele- English print Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English printer English teleprinter From tele- (“far, distant, telegraph”) + printer.

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