Where does “decollate” come from?
decollate (English) comes from English collate, from Latin collatus, from Latin confero, from Latin con-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
decollate (English): To behead; To separate the copies of multipart...
Definitions
- To behead; To separate the copies of multipart...
Ancestry of “decollate”, step by step
decollate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English collate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | collate | To examine diverse documents and so on, to... |
| 2 | Latin | collatus | brought together, having been brought together;... |
| 3 | Latin | confero | I bring or collect together, gather; unite, join,... |
| 4 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 5 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 6 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Latin decollatus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | decollatus | decapitated, beheaded |
| 2 | Latin | decollo | I decapitate or behead |
| 3 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 4 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 5 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 6 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |