Where does “tictator” come from?

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

tictator (Old English): a dictator absolute ruler of the Roman Republic

Definitions

  1. a dictator absolute ruler of the Roman Republic

Ancestry of “tictator”, 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—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin dictātor →