televised

televised

UK[ˈtelɪvaɪzd]US[ˈteləvaɪzd]
adj

broadcast on television

verb (past tense and past participle of televise)

transmitted by television

Morpheme Breakdown

tele
vis
ed
tele

distant

vis

see

ed

past participle suffix

Etymology

the word 'televised' is built upon the modern verb 'televise', which is a 20th-century back-formation from 'television'. 'Television' itself is a compound coined from greek 'tēle-' (far) and latin 'visio' (a seeing, from 'vidēre' to see), creating a hybrid term meaning 'seeing at a distance'. the '-ed' suffix is the common germanic marker for the past tense and past participle, inherited from proto-indo-European. thus, 'televised' literally means 'that which has been made to be seen from afar', perfectly capturing the technological act of transmitting visual images over a distance.

Analysis

Structure: tele (distant) + vis (see) + ed (past participle suffix) - tele: from greek 'tēle-', meaning 'far off, distant'. a combining form indicating distance. - vis: from latin 'vidēre', meaning 'to see'. the root appears in its past participle stem form 'vis-'. - ed: from old english '-ed', '-od', '-ad', a suffix forming the past tense and past participle of weak verbs.

Examples

the ceremony was televised live to a global audience.

the network has not yet announced which games will be televised this season.

his final speech was one of the most widely televised events in history.