Where does “dictator” come from?

dictator (Latin) comes from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

dictator (Latin): an elected chief magistrate

Definitions

  1. an elected chief magistrate

Ancestry of “dictator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-tor-er
2Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
3Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
4Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “dictator”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →