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
The Greek word "dict" means to say or speak. It is the root for words like "dictate" and "dictionary."
diction - style of speech sounds involved in communicating. A dictionary is therefore 'a book that helps you speak'
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Dicere is the Latin root word that means 'to speak'. The word in Latin is an infinitive. The first person singular form in the present indicative is 'dico', which means '[I] am speaking, do speak, speak'. That form finds an older version in 'deico', which is related to the Greek 'deiknymi'.
The form dict is a root, not a suffix.It means "spoken" (Latin dictum) and is seen ending the words edict, interdict, and contradict.
pre-dict-able "dict" is the root (from the Latin "dictum")
The root word dict means speak or say. Dict is in words such as predict, dictate, and diction.
The Greek word "dict" means to say or speak. It is the root for words like "dictate" and "dictionary."
Contradict ; the root word is 'Dict' It is from Latin for 'speaking' Contra ; also from Latin, means 'Against' . or oppose. So putting the two together we have contradict ; opposing what is being said.
diction - style of speech sounds involved in communicating. A dictionary is therefore 'a book that helps you speak'
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You may mean the name Benedict, which means blessing, or good word. Bene = good, dict = the root that gives us words like dictation and dictionary.
Dicere is the Latin root word that means 'to speak'. The word in Latin is an infinitive. The first person singular form in the present indicative is 'dico', which means '[I] am speaking, do speak, speak'. That form finds an older version in 'deico', which is related to the Greek 'deiknymi'.
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Dict or Dic which means "to speak."
The form dict is a root, not a suffix.It means "spoken" (Latin dictum) and is seen ending the words edict, interdict, and contradict.
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