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telephonist

noun

Etymology

From telephone + -ist.

  1. borrowed from téléphone — “kind of megaphone; system of communication using musical notes”
  2. derived from *bʰeh₂-✻ — “to say; to speak”
  3. derived from φωνή — “sound; voice”
  4. derived from *kʷelh₁-✻ — “to turn end-over-end; to revolve around; hence, to dwell, sojourn”
  5. derived from τῆλε — “afar, far away, far off”
  6. suffixed as telephonist — “telephone + ist”

Definitions

  1. A telephone operator.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA