Dic means to say or speak something. There are several different words that have this prefix or root word and some of these words include dictation and dictionary.
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what is a root word for dictus
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Fugitive has no root word it is the root word.
Origin:1520-30; < L addictus assigned, surrendered (ptp. of addīcere, equiv. to ad- ad- + dic- (var. s. of dīcere to fix, determine) + -tus ptp. suffix)
The root word 'dic' means 'speak' or 'say'.
"Dic" comes from the word dico, meaning "I speak." Words like dictionary, dictation and edict have "dic" in them.
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Dict or Dic which means "to speak."
what is a root word for dictus
Yes, the Latin word "dic" does mean "to speak." It is the root of 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 stressed syllable in the word "dictionary" is the third syllable, pronounced as "dic-TION-ary."
To say, to speak is the English equivalent of the root syllable 'dic-'. So the Latin derivative verb 'dicere' means 'to say'. The Latin derivative noun 'dictio' means 'an act of speaking'.