English
dialectal
From dialect + -al.
A compound of dialect + -al
Ancient Greek διαλέγομαι ‘to participate in a dialogue’
Ancient Greek διάλεκτος ‘conversation, the language of a country or a…’
Latin dialectos ‘a dialect (esp. Greek)’
Middle French dialecte
English dialect
Today it means
adj Of or relating to a dialect.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / dialectal