Etymology of the English word dialect
the English word
dialectderived from the Latin word
dialectus (dialect; form of speech)
derived from the Greek word
dialektos, διάλεκτος (a (mode of) discourse; 'dialect')
derived from the Dialectal Italian word
gomaiderived from the Greek word
dialegesthaiderived from the Greek word
legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
Date
The earliest known usage of dialect in English dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in English
boomer,
diaphone,
slipe,
snig,
sollicker,
acrolect,
diasystem,
sociolect,
dialectology,
basilect,
genderlect,
idiolectCognates
Dutch
dialect, French
dialecte, German
Dialekt, Latin
dialectus, Lithuanian
dialektas, Norwegian
dialekt, Polish
dialekt, Russian
диaлeкт, Swedish
dialekt, Yiddish
dialektUsage
Word found in Modern English
