Etymology

idiolect

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Today it means: The language variant used by a specific individual. Full definition →

English dialectbf. ← Middle French dialecte ← Latin dialecto
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*swé
  2. Proto-Indo-European*swéd-yo-s
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hwédios
  4. Ancient Greekῐ̓́δῐος (ĭ́dĭos)
  5. Englishidio-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  7. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  9. Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
  10. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ- (dĭă-)
  11. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*léǵ-e-ti
  13. Proto-Hellenic*légō
  14. Ancient Greekλέγω (légō)
  15. Ancient Greekδιαλέγομαι (dialégomai)
  16. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ́λεκτος (dĭắlektos)
  17. Latindialecto
  18. Middle Frenchdialecte
  19. Englishdialectbf.
  20. English todayidiolect

From idio- + -lect.

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