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Where does “dialectos” come from?

dialectos (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek διάλεκτος, from Ancient Greek διαλέγομαι, from Ancient Greek δῐᾰ-, from Ancient Greek διά, from Proto-Indo-European dwís, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.

dialectos (Latin): a dialect; Nihilo lenior in convictores...

Definitions

  1. a dialect; Nihilo lenior in convictores...

Ancestry of “dialectos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekδιάλεκτοςdiscourse, conversation; manner of speech,...
2Ancient GreekδιαλέγομαιI converse, hold a discussion, debate, argue; I...
3Ancient Greekδῐᾰ-apart; through, across; through; in different...
4Ancient Greekδιάthroughout
5Proto-Indo-Europeandwístwice, doubly; in two
6Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two

Words derived from “dialectos”

  • dialect
  • dialectal
  • dialectology
  • dialectally
  • subdialect
  • bidialectal
  • dialectologist
  • bidialectalism
  • multidialectal
  • dialectometry
  • nondialect
  • dialectism
  • interdialectal
  • subdialectal
  • dialectometric
  • pandialectal
  • intradialectal
  • transdialectal
  • nondialectal
  • dialecting
  • superdialect
  • eye dialect
  • interdialectally
  • intradialectally
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