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Where does “dialogist” come from?

dialogist (English) comes from English dialog, from Middle English dialog, from Old French dialoge, from Latin dialogus, from Ancient Greek διάλογος, from Ancient Greek διαλέγω, from Ancient Greek δῐᾰ-, from Ancient Greek διά — two.

dialogist (English): A writer of dialogs; A speaker within a dialogue

Definitions

  1. A writer of dialogs; A speaker within a dialogue

Ancestry of “dialogist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdialogA conversation or other form of discourse between...
2Middle EnglishdialogA literary discussion or a work written as one;...
3Old Frenchdialoge—
4Latindialogusdiscussion, conversation, dialogue
5Ancient Greekδιάλογοςconversation, dialogue
6Ancient GreekδιαλέγωI choose, gather, pick , select
7Ancient Greekδῐᾰ-apart; through, across; through; in different...
8Ancient Greekδιάthroughout
9Proto-Indo-Europeandwístwice, doubly; in two
10Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two
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