Where does “dictatory” come from?

dictatory (English) comes from Latin dictatorius, from Latin dictātor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

dictatory (English): dogmatical; overbearing; dictatorial

Definitions

  1. dogmatical; overbearing; dictatorial

Ancestry of “dictatory”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindictatoriusdictatorial
2Latindictātoran elected chief magistrate
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →