Across words

Dialogue – ORIGIN Middle English : from Old French dialoge, via Latin from Greek dialogos, from dialegesthai ‘converse with,’ from dia ‘through, across’ + legein ‘speak.’

Dialectic – ORIGIN late Middle English : from Old French dialectique or Latin dialectica, from Greek dialektike (tekhne) ‘(art) of debate,’ from dialegesthai ‘converse with’. [NOTE: dialogical techne?]

Transcend – ORIGIN Middle English : from Old French transcendre or Latin transcendere, from trans– ‘across’ + scandere ‘climb.’


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