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Dialogue

A conversation between two or more people.

The Greek roots

διά
diá
across, between
+
λόγος
lógos
word, speech

Literally: words between

The story of the word

Not 'two words' as often assumed, but words passing 'between' people — diá, not di-.

The same roots elsewhere

Other languages reached for exactly the same Greek pieces.

In a sentence

The play is almost entirely dialogue.

Built on the same root

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