myEtymology.com: Greek etymology of dialektos

Etymology of the Greek word dialektos (διάλεκτος)

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)