| 1 | English | morcellate | To break into small pieces, prior to removal |
| 2 | French | morceler | to break up; to divide up |
| 3 | French | morceau | piece, slice, bit, morsel; gun, piece |
| 4 | Middle French | morceau | bit; piece |
| 5 | Old French | morsel | morsel; bit; piece |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | morsellum | a bit, a little piece; a small piece |
| 7 | Latin | morsum | a piece, bit; accusative singular of morsus |
| 8 | Latin | morsus | bitten, eaten, devoured, consumed, having been... |
| 9 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |