Etymology of “Τέλος”
Tracing the origin and linguistic journey from Ancient Greek
Source language
Ancient Greek
Ancestry links
2
Descendants
15
Word Origin Summary
Τέλος is attested in Ancient Greek. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.
Ancestry Chain
Descendants and Related Terms
- телеология
Kazakh · derived from
- Teleophobie
German · derived from
- teleophobia
English · derived from
- telestial
English · derived from
- telomere
English · derived from
- teleologia
Polish · derived from
- telomer
Polish · derived from
- Teleologie
German · derived from
What You Can Explore
- 🗺️Geographic migration map — see where this word traveled
- 🌳Language family tree — trace connections across related languages
- 📅Historical timeline — when the word entered different languages
- 🔤Cognates — related words in other languages sharing the same root