myEtymology.com: English etymology of dialecticism

Etymology of the English word dialecticism

the English word dialecticism

derived from the English word dialectic

derived from the Latin word dialectica (dialectics, logic; art of logic)

derived from the Greek word dialektike, διαλεκτική

derived from the Greek word dialektikos, διαλεκτικός

derived from the Greek word dialektos, διάλεκτος (a (mode of) discourse; 'dialect')

derived from the Dialectal Italian word gomai

derived from the Greek word dialegesthai

derived from the Greek word legein, λέγω (to speak)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leg- (to collect, to speak)

using the English suffix -ism

derived from the French suffix -ism

derived from the Latin suffix -ismus

derived from the Greek suffix -ismos, -ισμός

suffix for verbs ending in "-izein" (cf. Latin "-izare")

Word found in Modern English