Where does “regiolect” come from?
regiolect (English) comes from English dialect, from Middle French dialecte, from Latin dialectos, from Ancient Greek διάλεκτος, from Ancient Greek διαλέγομαι, from Ancient Greek δῐᾰ-, from Ancient Greek διά, from Proto-Indo-European dwís — two.
regiolect (English): A dialect spoken in a particular geographical...
Definitions
- A dialect spoken in a particular geographical...
Ancestry of “regiolect”, step by step
regiolect traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dialect
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dialect | A variety of a language that is characteristic of... |
| 2 | Middle French | dialecte | dialect |
| 3 | Latin | dialectos | a dialect; Nihilo lenior in convictores... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | διάλεκτος | discourse, conversation; manner of speech,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | διαλέγομαι | I converse, hold a discussion, debate, argue; I... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | δῐᾰ- | apart; through, across; through; in different... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | διά | throughout |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dwís | twice, doubly; in two |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |
via English region
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | region | Any considerable and connected part of a space or... |
| 2 | Middle English | regioun | realm, nation, country; authority, governance;... |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | regiun | region |
| 4 | Latin | regiō | direction, line |
| 5 | Latin | Aemilia | — |
| 6 | Latin | aemulus | striving to equal or excel, rivaling; in a bad... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | aimelos | striving to equal or excel, rivaling; in a bad... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | aimos | imitation |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eym- | to copy, imitate |