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MODERN ENTRY POINTS
WORD DOSSIERS
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ATTESTED / RECONSTRUCTED / BOUNDARY
HISTORICAL FORMS
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Present-Day English / Indo-European
dialogue
conversation, represented speech, or exchange of ideas
- DATE
- 13th century–today
- MATCH
- exact historical form
- DOSSIERS
- 1
Anglo-French / Indo-European
dialogue
conversation or a work in conversational form
- DATE
- Anglo-French period
- MATCH
- exact historical form
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- 1
Latin / Indo-European
dialogus
dialogue or conversational work
- DATE
- Latin antiquity and Late Latin
- MATCH
- gloss
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- 1
Ancient Greek / Indo-European
διάλογος
dialogosconversation, dialogue, or discourse
- DATE
- Ancient Greek
- MATCH
- gloss
- DOSSIERS
- 1
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WHERE INTERPRETATION IS TESTED
CLAIMS & DISPUTES
SCHOLARLY DISPUTES / 2
openproposedexact word
Is *leǵ- the only published deepest root shape?
No. The traditional *leǵ- analysis remains widely represented, while a published *sleǵ- reconstruction challenges the initial consonant and cautions against a simple semantic tale.
resolvedestablishedexact word
Does dialogue etymologically require exactly two speakers?
No. Greek dia- means through, across, or between, not two; both reviewed histories explicitly reject or contradict the two-person restriction.
CONTRARIAN TRUTHS / 1
RANK 71GRADE Aexact ranked word
Dialogue never meant “speech limited to two.”
Greek dia- means through, across, or between. Confusing it with the numeral prefix di- produced a durable but false restriction.
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BOOKS / DICTIONARIES / ARTICLES / DATABASES
SOURCES
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FIRST USES & HISTORICAL OBJECTS
ATTESTATION WITNESSES
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