English
regionalect
Blend of region + dialect.
Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- ‘to straighten’
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Latin regō ‘to rule’
Latin regiō ‘direction’
Anglo-Norman regiun
Middle English regioun ‘a realm’
English region
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 dialect spoken in a particular geographical region.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / regionalect