[split] What does the name "Farseer" really mean? SPOILERS ALL BOOKS

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"...'And all because the line of House Farseer failed. That is the future as it is woven. But wait! Farseer!' He cocked his head and peered at me, considering as a gore-crow. 'Why do they call you that, Fitz? What have your ancestors ever forseen afar to gain such a name? Shall I tell you how it comes about? The very name of your house is the future reaching back in time to you, and naming you by the name that someday your house will deserve. The Farseer. That was the clue that I took to my heart. That the future reached back to you, to your house, and named you so. I came here, and what did I discover? One Farseer, with no name at all. Unnamed in any history, past or future. But I have seen you take a name, FitzChivalry Farseer. And I shall see that you deserve it.' "

I was thinking about this the other day, and thought that 'Farseer' should be related to 'television' (far-sight, far-vision).

The first two uses in the OED entry are

1904 Daily News 3 June 7 Dr. Low talks very modestly of the ‘televista’ (the name he has given to his ‘seeing by wire’ invention).
1907 Sci. Amer. Suppl. 15 June 26292/1 Now that the photo-telegraph invented by Prof. Korn is on the eve of being introduced into general practice, we are informed of some similar inventions in the same field, all of which tend to achieve some step toward the solution of the problem of television.

I don't see any super-awesome connection between the Farseer family and the modern television or its uses, but I do note that the Farseers are known for their use of the Skill, which can be addictive and needs to be used in moderation. That the Skill allows one to see what goes on in a distance place (far-sight) and is addictive, draining the user of other desires, both recall television.