Proto-Italic

*deikō

‘to show, indicate’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *deikō.

34 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *deikō, most familiar first.

• index ← dīcō
• indicate ← indicātus ← indicō ← index ← dīcō
• predict ← praedicō ← dīcō
• indication ← indicātiō ← indicō ← index ← dīcō
• dictionary ← dixionare ← dictiōnārium ← dictiōnārius ← dictiō
• indicator ← indicō ← index ← dīcō
• addict ← addictus ← addīcō ← dīcō
• dictator ← dictō ← dīcō
• dictate ← dictātum ← nominative ← dictō ← dīcō
• contradictory ← contradictorius ← contradico ← dīcō
• contradiction ← contradiccioun ← contrādictiō ← contrādīcō ← dīcō
• ditto ← dire ← dīcō

More words from *deikō

• contradict
• interdiction
• ditty
• dictum
• indexation
• dict
• indicia
• ditton
• diktat
• dight
• antidictionary
• dicacious
• dictature
• dictatrix
• dictatory
• dicacity
• dictamen
• dictionnary
• indicant
• indictive
• indicial
• juridic

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *deikō