Etymology of the English word decerebrate
the English word
decerebrateusing 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)
using the English prefix
cerebro-derived from the English word
cerebrumderived from the Classical Latin word
cerebrum (brain; brain; top of the head, skull)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ker-using the English suffix
-ateDate
The earliest known usage of decerebrate in English dates from the 19th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
