Dialog
/ˈdaɪ.ə.lɒɡ/noun
A conversation between two or more people, or a written exchange between characters.
Did you know?The word ultimately comes from Greek dialoguein, built from dia- “through” + logos “word, speech, reason,” so a “dialogue” was originally a reasoning that passes through voices.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*legʰ-
“to collect, gather, choose; later associated with speaking and reasoning”
Ancient Greek
Greek
διάλογος (diálogos)
“conversation, discussion, or discourse through speech”
Late Latin
Latin
dialogus
“a dialogue or conversational exchange”
Old French
Old French
dialogue
“a dialogue; conversation in writing or speech”
14th Century
English
dialogue
“a literary or spoken conversation between two or more persons”
Modern English
English
dialog
“a shortened spelling of dialogue, especially in American English”