Where does “nondialogue” come from?
nondialogue (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.
nondialogue (English): language other than dialogue
Definitions
- language other than dialogue
Ancestry of “nondialogue”, step by step
nondialogue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dialogue
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dialogue | 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 |