myEtymology.com: English etymology of dictating

Etymology of the English word dictating

the English word dictating

derived from the English word dictate

derived from the Latin word dictatio (dictated draft; dictation)

derived from the Latin word dictatus

derived from the Latin word dictare (dictate; compose; say, declare, assert repeatedly)

derived from the Latin word dicere (to say, to speak; name, call; appoint; say, declare, state; talk, speak; make speech)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *deik- (to show, to pronounce solemnly; to throw)