Etymology Explorer › Middle English

Where does “ditee” come from?

ditee (Middle English) comes from Old French ditie, from Old French ditier, from Latin dictāre.

Ancestry of “ditee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchditie—
2Old Frenchditier—
3Latindictāre—

Words derived from “ditee”

  • ditty
  • dittied
Every word from Latin dictāre →