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English word telepathy comes from English tele- (derives from an Ancient Greek root meaning "far away" and means "far away" too) and -pathy (another Ancient Greek root for "suffering", in English it means "disease" or "abnormality")

tele- (English)

Over a distance. Telegraph. Telephone. Teleport. Television.

-pathy (English)

Damage to, disease of, or abnormality. Suffering, feeling. Therapy.

telepathy (English)

(parapsychology) The capability to communicate directly by psychic means; the sympathetic affection of one mind by the thoughts, feelings, or emotions of another at a distance, without communication through the ordinary channels of sensation.

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