Etymology of the French word dialecte

Date

The earliest known usage of dialecte in French dates from the 16th century.

Derivations in French

dialectal, dialectologie

Derivations in other languages

Romanian dialect

Cognates

Dutch dialect, English dialect, German Dialekt, Latin dialectus, Lithuanian dialektas, Norwegian dialekt, Polish dialekt, Russian диaлeкт, Swedish dialekt, Yiddish dialekt