Etymology

dittay

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Today it means: An indictment; a charge. Full definition →

Old French ditté ← Latin dictatum
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  1. Latin · derived fromdictatum
  2. Old French · derived fromditté
  3. English todaydittay

From Old French ditté, from Latin dictatum.

Words from the same roots

Latindictatum all →

dictatediktat

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.