Where does “dictatorial” come from?

dictatorial (Spanish) comes from Latin dictātor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

dictatorial (Spanish): dictatorial

Definitions

  1. dictatorial

Ancestry of “dictatorial”, 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—

Words derived from “dictatorial”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin dictātor →
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