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Where does “multiethnolect” come from?

multiethnolect (English) comes from English ethnolect, from English lect, from English -lect, from English dialect, from Middle French dialecte, from Latin dialectos, from Ancient Greek διάλεκτος, from Ancient Greek διαλέγομαι — two.

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Ancestry of “multiethnolect”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishethnolectA language variety specific to an ethnic group
2EnglishlectA specific form of a language or language...
3English-lectvariety
4EnglishdialectA variety of a language that is characteristic of...
5Middle Frenchdialectedialect
6Latindialectosa dialect; Nihilo lenior in convictores...
7Ancient Greekδιάλεκτοςdiscourse, conversation; manner of speech,...
8Ancient GreekδιαλέγομαιI converse, hold a discussion, debate, argue; I...
9Ancient Greekδῐᾰ-apart; through, across; through; in different...
10Ancient Greekδιάthroughout
11Proto-Indo-Europeandwístwice, doubly; in two
12Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two
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