Where does “dialogare” come from?
dialogare (Romanian) comes from Romanian dialoga, from French dialoguer, from French dialogue, from Middle French dialogue, from Latin dialogus, from Ancient Greek διάλογος, from Ancient Greek διαλέγω, from Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- — two.
dialogare (Romanian): dialogue
Definitions
- dialogue
Ancestry of “dialogare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | dialoga | to dialog |
| 2 | French | dialoguer | to dialogue, discuss, negotiate |
| 3 | French | dialogue | dialogue; inflection of dialoguer: ##... |
| 4 | Middle French | dialogue | dialogue |
| 5 | Latin | dialogus | discussion, conversation, dialogue |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | διάλογος | conversation, dialogue |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | διαλέγω | to choose, gather, pick (out), select |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | δῐᾰ- | apart; through, across; through; in different... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | διά | throughout |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dwís | twice, doubly; in two |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |