Where does “dictatorius” come from?

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

dictatorius (Latin): dictatorial

Definitions

  1. dictatorial

Ancestry of “dictatorius”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindictātoran elected chief magistrate
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “dictatorius”

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