Where does “dictator” come from?

dictator (Dutch) comes from Latin dictātor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

dictator (Dutch): dictator tyrant, despot

Definitions

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	dictātor	an elected chief magistrate
2	Latin	-tor	-er
3	Proto-Italic	-tōr	Forms agent nouns to verb stems
4	Proto-Indo-European	-tōr	Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5	Proto-Indo-European	-tor-s	—