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Where does “dialectical” come from?

Dialectical comes from English dialectic, derived from German Aldehyd, from Ancient Greek διαλεκτική, from διαλεκτικός, from διαλέγομαι meaning to converse, from διά and Proto-Indo-European leǵ-.

dialectical (English): Of, or pertaining to dialectic; logically...

Definitions

  1. Of, or pertaining to dialectic; logically...

Ancestry of “dialectical”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindialecticusdialectical; logical; reasoning
2Ancient Greekδῐᾰλεκτῐκός—

Words derived from “dialectical”

  • dialectically
  • undialectical
  • nondialectical
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