Where does “antidictatorial” come from?
antidictatorial (English) comes from English dictatorial, from English dictator, from Latin dictātor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
antidictatorial (English): Opposing political dictatorship
Definitions
- Opposing political dictatorship
Ancestry of “antidictatorial”, step by step
antidictatorial traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dictatorial
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dictatorial | of or pertaining to a dictator; in the manner of... |
| 2 | English | dictator | A totalitarian leader of a country, nation, or... |
| 3 | Latin | dictātor | an elected chief magistrate |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |