'Telepathy' was coined in 1882 from Greek 'tele-' (far) + 'pathos' (feeling). Mind-to-mind communication.
The supposed transmission of thoughts or feelings between minds without using known sensory channels or physical interaction.
Coined in 1882 by British psychical researcher Frederic W. H. Myers, from Greek 'tele-' (far off, distant) + 'pathos' (feeling, suffering, experience). The element 'tele-' derives from PIE *kwel- (far, revolving away), the same root underlying 'telescope', 'television', and 'telegraph'. The element 'pathos' comes from PIE *kwenth- (to suffer, endure), also source of
Frederic Myers coined 'telepathy' in December 1882 in the Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research. He deliberately chose Greek roots to give the concept scientific respectability — the same naming strategy used for 'telephone' (far voice, 1876), 'telegraph' (far writing, 1792), and 'television' (far seeing, 1900). The Greek construction lent an air of legitimacy to a phenomenon that had previously been described
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