dictate

dictate · noun¹

1. Latin · borrowed fromdictātum“a thing said, something dictated”
2. English todaydictate

First attested in 1581; borrowed from Latin dictātum (“a thing said, something dictated”), substantivized from the nominative neuter singular of dictātus, the perfect passive participle of dictō (“pronounce or declare repeatedly; dictate”), frequentative of dīcō (“say, speak”). Doublet of diktat.

dictate · verb²

1. Proto-Indo-European*deyḱ-
2. Proto-Indo-European*déyḱeti
3. Proto-Italic*deikō
4. Latindīcō
5. Latindictō
6. Latindictātus
7. English todaydictate

First attested in 1577; borrowed from Latin dictātus, perfect passive participle of dictō (“to pronounce or declare repeatedly; to dictate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), frequentative of dīcō (“say, speak”).

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