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Where does “dikteta” come from?

dikteta (Swahili) comes from English dictator, from Latin dictātor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

dikteta (Swahili): dictator

Definitions

  1. dictator

Ancestry of “dikteta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdictatorA totalitarian leader of a country, nation, or...
2Latindictātor—
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōr—
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “dikteta”

  • udikteta
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →