myEtymology.com: English etymology of decapitated

Etymology of the English word decapitated

the English word decapitated

derived from the English word decapitate

derived from the Late Latin word decapitatio

derived from the Latin word decapitare (decapitate; behead)

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)

using the Late Latin prefix de-

derived from the Latin word de (away; down)