Greek dialogos belongs to the verbal family of dialegesthai “to converse.”
CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD
COVERAGE LEDGER ↗EDGE / 0436derivationestablished
A CLAIM
YOU CAN AUDIT.
A relationship—not a generated explanation. Both endpoints, every editorial field, every citation, and every dossier reuse are preserved below.
διάλογος
conversation, dialogue, or discourse
OPEN NODE 469 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedAncient Greek · Ancient Greek · converse throughδιαλέγεσθαι
to converse or discuss; a formation with dia- and legein
OPEN NODE 470 ↗01
THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP
EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE
The act of speaking through or across becomes conversation and a represented exchange.
No separate chronology note is attached beyond the endpoint date ranges.
Merriam-Webster · Etymonline editors
established — no additional confidence note is attached.
reviewed
02
CITATION REGISTER
SOURCES ON THIS EDGE
Dialogue — Definition, Word History, and First Known UseEtymology: dialogos from dialegesthai
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Connects the Greek noun to the converse verb.
Dialogue — Origin and historyHeadword etymology: dialogos related to dialogesthai
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Independently documents the verbal family.
03
EDITORIAL REUSE