Where does “Diktat” come from?

Diktat (German) comes from Latin dictātum, from Latin dictātus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Diktat (German): dictation; diktat

Definitions

  1. dictation; diktat

Ancestry of “Diktat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindictātumthings dictated
2Latindictātusrepeated, said often, having been repeated
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “Diktat”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin dictātus →