Etymology

dialer

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Today it means: A person or device that dials, as using a telephone. Full definition →

English dial ← Middle English diall ← Middle French dya
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dyew-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dyḗws
  3. Proto-Italic*djous
  4. Latindiēs
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  7. Latindiālis
  8. Middle Frenchdya
  9. Middle Englishdiall
  10. Englishdial
  11. English todaydialer

From dial + -er.

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