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The most basic root is "dic-", used with many words involved with speaking or saying.

The word where "Dictate" comes from is "dicto, dictare, dictavi, dictatus": To say repeatedly, to dictate


This word is a modified form of:

Dico, -ere, Dixi, Dictus: to speak or say

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