Where does “dictado” come from?

dictado (Spanish) comes from Latin dictātum, from Latin dictātus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

dictado (Spanish): dictation

Definitions

  1. dictation

Ancestry of “dictado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindictātumthings dictated
2Latindictātusrepeated, said often, having been repeated
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →