Etymology

dialectology

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Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) ← Proto-Hellenic *lógos ← Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos
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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*leǵ-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  17. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  18. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  19. English todaydialectology

From dialect + -o- + -logy.

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