Etymograph

English

interdialect

From inter- + dialect.

Formed from inter- + dialect

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

English inter-

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

noun A language variety that combines features of two or more dialects.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / interdialect