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
- A writer of dialogs; A speaker within a dialogue
Ancestry of “dialogist”, step by step
dialogist traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via English ist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |
via French dialoguiste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | dialoguiste | dialogue writer; scriptwriter |
| 2 | French | dialogue | dialogue; inflection of dialoguer: ##... |
| 3 | Middle French | dialogue | dialogue |
| 4 | Late Latin | dialogus | discussion, conversation, dialogue |