Etymology

dialectal

di·a·lec·tal
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Today it means: Of or relating to a dialect. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English dialect ← Middle French dialecte
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  4. Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
  5. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ- (dĭă-)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*léǵ-e-ti
  8. Proto-Hellenic*légō
  9. Ancient Greekλέγω (légō)
  10. Ancient Greekδιαλέγομαι (dialégomai)
  11. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ́λεκτος (dĭắlektos)
  12. Latindialecto
  13. Middle Frenchdialecte
  14. Englishdialect
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  17. English todaydialectal

From dialect + -al.

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