How did the word"Dictionary" get its name ?

Diction means the way u pronounce different words .





so, the book which guides us regarding this pronunciation is DICTIONARY

How did the word"Dictionary" get its name ?
"1526, from M.L. dictionarium "collection of words and phrases," from L. dictionarius "of words," from dictio "word." Probably first Eng. use in title of a book was in Sir Thomas Elyot's "Latin Dictionary" (1538) though L. Dictionarius was so used from c.1225. "





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Reply:1. a book containing a selection of the words of a language, usually arranged alphabetically, giving information about their meanings, pronunciations, etymologies, inflected forms, etc., expressed in either the same or another language; lexicon; glossary: a dictionary of English; a Japanese-English dictionary.


2. a book giving information on particular subjects or on a particular class of words, names, or facts, usually arranged alphabetically: a biographical dictionary; a dictionary of mathematics.


3. Computers. a. a list of codes, terms, keys, etc., and their meanings, used by a computer program or system.


b. a list of words used by a word-processing program as the standard against which to check the spelling of text entered.
Reply:i dunno, try wikipedia, it has everything
Reply:1526, from M.L. dictionarium "collection of words and phrases," from L. dictionarius "of words," from dictio "word." Probably first Eng. use in title of a book was in Sir Thomas Elyot's "Latin Dictionary" (1538) though L. Dictionarius was so used from c.1225.





Edit: pasted from site below...L=Latin and ML = Medieval Latin