Etymology of the English word decapitalize
the English word
decapitalizeusing the English prefix
de- (a suffix which indicates the removal, separation, descent, etc)
derived from the Old French prefix
de-derived from the Late Latin prefix
de-derived from the Latin word
de (away; down)
derived from the English word
capitalizeusing the English suffix
-izederived from the Old French suffix
-iserderived from the Latin suffix
-izarederived from the Greek suffix
-izein, -ίζειν
derived from the English word
capitalderived from the Latin word
capitalis (of, belonging to head, life)
derived from the Latin word
caput (head; small head; head; head; head; head; person; life; heading; chapter, principal division)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kaput- (head)
Usage
Word found in Modern English
