Etymology

From Ancient Greek διάλεκτος ‎(diálektos, “conversation, the language of a country or a place or a nation, the local idiom which derives from a dominant language”), from διαλέγομαι ‎(dialégomai, “I participate in a dialogue”), from διά ‎(diá, “inter, through”) + λέγω ‎(légō, “I speak”).