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

ditee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French ditie

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

via Old French dité

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdité—
Every word from Latin dictāre →Every word from Old French ditier →Every word from Old French ditie →