Anglo-French dialogue continues Latin dialogus through Romance transmission.
CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD
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dialogue
conversation or a work in conversational form
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedLatin · Latin antiquity and Late Latin · conversationdialogus
dialogue or conversational work
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Conversation and the literary dialogue remain linked.
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Dialogue — Definition, Word History, and First Known UseEtymology: Anglo-French from Latin dialogus
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Documents the French-to-Latin route.
Dialogue — Origin and historyHeadword etymology: Old French and Latin
contextAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Independently preserves French and direct-Latin paths without forcing one exclusive route.
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