English
dictatrix
Dictatrix comes from Latin dictātrīx ‘woman in charge’, from dictō ‘to dictate, prescribe’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- ‘to point out, to show’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deyḱ-‘to point out, to show’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*déyḱeti‘to be pointing out’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*deikō‘to show, indicate’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdīcō‘say, speak’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdictō‘to dictate, prescribe’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdictātrīx‘woman in charge’
- Englishearliest quotation 1648dictatrix
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deyḱ-‘to point out, to show’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*déyḱeti‘to be pointing out’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*deikō‘to show, indicate’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdīcō‘say, speak’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdictō‘to dictate, prescribe’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdictātrīx‘woman in charge’
- Englishearliest quotation 1648dictatrix
Earliest quotation: 1648, Jeremy Taylor, Treatises […] together with a sermon: “the Church of Rome which is the great dictatrix…”
Equivalent to dictate + -trix
Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- ‘to show’
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Latin dīcō ‘say, speak’
Latin dictō ‘pronounce or declare repeatedly’
Latin nominative
Latin dictātum ‘a thing said, something dictated’
English dictate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- ‘to point out, to show’
teach, toe, token, digit, paradigm, indicative, syndicate, syndicalism, tache, 43 more
through Proto-Italic *deikō ‘to show, indicate’
through Latin dīcō ‘say, speak’
index, indicate, preach, indication, dictionary, predict, dedication, indicator, ditto, addict, dedicate, predicament, contradictory, contradiction, contradict, predicate, interdiction, diction, interdict, dictum, indicia, 23 more
through Latin dictō ‘to dictate, prescribe’
Today it means
noun A female dictator.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- / dictatrix