Where does “decapita” come from?
decapita (Romanian) comes from French décapiter, from Latin decapitare, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.
decapita (Romanian): to decapitate, behead
Ancestry of “decapita”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | décapiter | to decapitate, to behead; to cut the top off |
| 2 | Latin | decapitare | — |
| 3 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |