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Where does “dite” come from?
dite (Middle English) comes from Old French ditie, from Old French ditier, from Latin dictāre.
Ancestry of “dite”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old French
ditie
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2
Old French
ditier
—
3
Latin
dictāre
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Words derived from “dite”
ditty
dittied
Every word from Latin dictāre →
Every word from Old French ditier →
Every word from Old French ditie →
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