English
dialogic
Dialogic comes from Ancient Greek διαλογικός ‘related to a dialogue’, from διαλέγω ‘to choose, gather, pick (out), select’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leǵ-‘to collect, gather’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*légō‘to gather’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλέγω‘to gather, choose’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδιαλέγω‘to choose, gather, pick (out), select’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδιάλογοςdiálogos‘conversation, discourse, dialogue’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδιαλογικόςdialogikós‘related to a dialogue’
- Englishearliest quotation 2017dialogic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leǵ-‘to collect, gather’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*légō‘to gather’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλέγω‘to gather, choose’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδιαλέγω‘to choose, gather, pick (out), select’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδιάλογοςdiálogos‘conversation, discourse, dialogue’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδιαλογικόςdialogikós‘related to a dialogue’
- Englishearliest quotation 2017dialogic
Earliest quotation: 2017, Di Zou, Feedback methods for student voice in the digital age: “Even though some students did not actively participate in…”
Formed from dialog + -ic
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to collect, gather’
election, collection, lesson, select, elite, collect, eligible, elect, elegant, coil, apology, legion, negligence, trilogy, sociology, terminology, negligent, physiology, leach, pathology, negligible, analogy, logos, archaeological, diligent, cull, monologue, prologue, archaeologist, pathologist, pathological, epistemology, eulogy, etymology, legation, entomology, homologous, lignite, lignin, logistic, 163 more
through Ancient Greek λέγω ‘to gather, choose’
technology, catalogue, astrology, lexicon, epilogue, cosmology, lexical, lexis, gynecologist, alexia, dialectical, dialectic, 19 more
Today it means
adj Of or relating to dialogue.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- / dialogic