Where does “dictamen” come from?
dictamen (Latin) comes from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.
dictamen (Latin): dictation; a dictate
Ancestry of “dictamen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | -men | forms neuter nouns of the third declension |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | *-mn̥ | — |