Where does “dialectic” come from?
Dialectic comes from Old French dialectique, from Late Latin dialectica, from Ancient Greek διαλεκτική, derived from the adjective διαλεκτικός, from the verb διαλέγομαι meaning to converse, combining διά with the root leǵ-.
dialectic (English): Any formal system of reasoning that arrives at a...
Definitions
- Any formal system of reasoning that arrives at a...
Ancestry of “dialectic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | dialect | A variety of a language that is characteristic of... |
| 2 | Middle French | dialecte | dialect |
| 3 | Latin | dialectos | a dialect; Nihilo lenior in convictores... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | διάλεκτος | discourse, conversation; manner of speech,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | διαλέγομαι | I converse, hold a discussion, debate, argue; I... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | δῐᾰ- | apart; through, across; through; in different... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | διά | throughout |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dwís | twice, doubly; in two |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |
Words derived from “dialectic”