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Maarten · 2nd Dec 2019, 11:20 pm

Wasn't the early English name 'televisor'?

In Dutch, the most used words are the same for the content and the set: televisie, also TV for short or sometimes televisietoestel (toestel means equipment or set) for long.

In German, it's Fernseh for the content and Fernseher for the set. Fern means distant and seher means something that sees (or enables seeing).

2nd Dec 2019, 11:20 pm	#49
Maarten Dekatron Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Haarlem, Netherlands Posts: 4,199	Re: Television set? Wasn't the early English name 'televisor'? In Dutch, the most used words are the same for the content and the set: televisie, also TV for short or sometimes televisietoestel (toestel means equipment or set) for long. In German, it's Fernseh for the content and Fernseher for the set. Fern means distant and seher means something that sees (or enables seeing). Last edited by Maarten; 2nd Dec 2019 at 11:30 pm.