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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'.

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