Friedrich Christian Diez

| alma_mater = University of Giessen | occupation = Philologist }} Friedrich Christian Diez (; 15 March 179429 May 1876) was a German philologist. The two works on which his fame rests are the ''Grammar of the Romance Languages'' (published 1836–1844), and the ''Etymological Dictionary of the Romance Languages'' (1853, and later editions). He spent most of his career at University of Bonn. Provided by Wikipedia