myEtymology.com: English etymology of dialectology

Etymology of the English word dialectology

the English word dialectology

derived from the English word dialect

derived 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 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 -logy