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