Etymology

From Latin dialectus ‎(“local language, conversation, way of speaking”), of Ancient Greek διάλεκτος ‎(diálektos, “conversation, speech, talk”), of διαλέγεσθαι ‎(dialégesthai, “converse with each other”), from διαλέγειν ‎(dialégein), from διά ‎(diá) with λέγειν ‎(légein).