Where does “edict” come from?
edict (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch edict, from Latin ēdictum, from Latin ēdictus, from Latin ēdīcō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
edict (Dutch): edict
Ancestry of “edict”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Dutch | edict | — |
| 2 | Latin | ēdictum | — |
| 3 | Latin | ēdictus | — |
| 4 | Latin | ēdīcō | — |
| 5 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 6 | Latin | commūnicō | — |
| 7 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 8 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | — |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
Words derived from “edict”