The story
- Latin · derived fromdictātum“that which has been dictated”
- German · borrowed fromDiktat
- English todaydiktat
Borrowed from German Diktat, from Latin dictātum (“that which has been dictated”), from the perfect passive participle of dictō (“dictate”). Doublet of dictate. Originally used with reference to Germany's penalties as dictated by the Treaty of Versailles.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.