The story
- Latin · borrowed fromdictum“proverb, maxim”
- English todaydictum
From Latin dictum (“proverb, maxim”), from dictus (“having been said”), perfect passive participle of dico (“to say”). Compare Spanish dicho (“saying”). Doublet of dict.
Words from the same roots
Latindictum all →
dictditton
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.