dialogue

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδιάλογος“conversation, discourse”
2. Late Latin · derived fromdialogus
3. Old French · derived fromdialoge
4. Middle English · inherited fromdialog
5. English todaydialogue

Inherited from Middle English dialog, from Old French dialoge (French dialogue), from Late Latin dialogus, from Ancient Greek διάλογος (diálogos, “conversation, discourse”), from διά (diá, “through, inter”) + λόγος (lógos, “speech, oration, discourse”), from διαλέγομαι (dialégomai, “to converse”), from διά (diá) + λέγειν (légein, “to speak”), equivalent to dia- (“between”) + -logue. Also analyzable as di- (“two”) + -alogue.