Reconstruction:Latin/dire
Latin
Etymology
Syncopation of dīcere, perhaps by analogy with audīre and fāre (from facere).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdire/
Verb
*dīre (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)
- present active infinitive of dīcō
References
- Grandgent, Charles Hall (1907) An Introduction to Vulgar Latin (Heath's Modern Language Series), D. C. Heath & Company, page 408