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Where does “dialogo” come from?

dialogo (Latin) comes from Latin dialogus, from Ancient Greek διάλογος, from Ancient Greek διαλέγω, from Ancient Greek δῐᾰ-, from Ancient Greek διά, from Proto-Indo-European dwís, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.

dialogo (Latin): dative singular of dialogus; ablative singular of...

Definitions

  1. dative singular of dialogus; ablative singular of...

Ancestry of “dialogo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindialogusdiscussion, conversation, dialogue
2Ancient Greekδιάλογοςconversation, dialogue
3Ancient GreekδιαλέγωI choose, gather, pick , select
4Ancient Greekδῐᾰ-apart; through, across; through; in different...
5Ancient Greekδιάthroughout
6Proto-Indo-Europeandwístwice, doubly; in two
7Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two
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