Where does “dicesi” come from?
dicesi (Italian) comes from Italian dice, from Italian dire, from Latin dīcere, from Proto-Italic deikō, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.
dicesi (Italian): said of
Ancestry of “dicesi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | dice | third-person singular present indicative of dire |
| 2 | Italian | dire | to say, tell; to recite; to mean |
| 3 | Latin | dīcere | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | deikō | show, indicate; refer to; say, tell |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | deyḱ- | to point out |