It comes from the Latin word for "to speak" in such words as dictophone, diction, dictionary, dictation, dictator and so on.
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-dict: to speak--- basically to talk
There is no prefix meaning verdict. However verdict does have a prefix. It's prefix is ver-, meaning true. Dict is derived from dictum, meaning speech. A verdict is a form of true speech, or truth telling.
It means say.
what does the prefix polo mean
pre-dict-able "dict" is the root (from the Latin "dictum")