The term dialect (from Latin dialectus, dialectos, from the ancient Greek word διάλεκτος diálektos, "discourse", from διά diá, "through" and λέγω legō, "I speak") is used in two distinct ways to refer to two different types of linguistic phenomena.
From what language does the word diálektos come?
Greek
The term dialect (from Latin dialectus, dialectos, from the ancient Greek word διάλεκτος diálektos, "discourse", from διά diá, "through" and λέγω legō, "I speak") is used in two distinct ways to refer to two different types of linguistic phenomena.
The term dialect (from Latin dialectus, dialectos, from the ancient Greek word dialektos dialektos, "discourse", from dia dia, "through" and lego lego, "I speak") is used in two distinct ways to refer to two different types of linguistic phenomena.
From what language does the word dialektos come?