Where does “dialog box” come from?
dialog box (English) comes from English box, from French boxer, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
dialog box (English): A window that prompts the user to enter information
Definitions
- A window that prompts the user to enter information
Ancestry of “dialog box”, step by step
dialog box traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English box
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | box | Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or... |
| 2 | French | boxer | boxer; boxer shorts, boxers; to box |
| 3 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 5 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English dialog
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dialog | A conversation or other form of discourse between... |
| 2 | Middle English | dialog | A literary discussion or a work written as one;... |
| 3 | Old French | dialoge | — |
| 4 | Latin | dialogus | discussion, conversation, dialogue |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | διάλογος | conversation, dialogue |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | διαλέγω | to choose, gather, pick (out), select |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | δῐᾰ- | apart; through, across; through; in different... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | διά | throughout |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dwís | twice, doubly; in two |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |