Etymology of the Latin word dicere
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)
Derivations in Latin
dictus,
contradicere,
dictum,
dictare,
dicens,
abdicere,
addicere,
antedicere,
interdicere,
prodicere,
superdicere,
supradicere,
praedicere,
condicere,
dedicere,
maledicere,
dicta,
dicax,
dicibilis,
vindex,
cens,
fatidicus,
veridicus,
dicare,
benedicere,
indicere,
iudex,
edicereDerivations in other languages
Italian
dire, Portuguese
dicar, Portuguese
dizer
