Where does “dictatorial” come from?
dictatorial (French) comes from Swedish diktatorisk, from Swedish diktator, from Latin dictātor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
dictatorial (French): dictatorial
Definitions
- dictatorial
Ancestry of “dictatorial”, step by step
dictatorial traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish diktatorisk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | diktatorisk | dictatorial |
| 2 | Swedish | diktator | dictator |
| 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 | — |
via French dictateur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | dictateur | dictator |