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Where does “multilogue” come from?

multilogue (English) comes from English dialogue, 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.

multilogue (English): A conversation that is many-to-many. The term is...

Definitions

  1. A conversation that is many-to-many. The term is...

Ancestry of “multilogue”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdialogueA 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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