Where does “dictee” come from?

dictee (Dutch) comes from French dictée, from Latin dictāre.

dictee (Dutch): spelling bee

Definitions

  1. spelling bee

Ancestry of “dictee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdictéefeminine singular of the past participle of...
2Latindictāre—
Every word from Latin dictāre →Every word from French dictée →
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