verb
dēcapitāre
dēcapitāre
Meaning
- infinitivepresentpresent infinitive of dēcapitō
- Late Latinto decapitate or behead
Origins
Present infinitive of dēcapitō; by surface analysis, dē- (“off”) + caput (“head”) + -āre, literally “to de-head”.
Descendants
- Italiandecapitare
- Catalandecapitar
- Spanishdecapitar
- Frenchdécapiter
- Englishdecapitatefrom French décapiter
- Germandekapitierenfrom French décapiter
- Portuguesedecapitar
- Swedishdekapiterafrom French décapiter
- Romagnoldecapitêr
In English words that came into English from dēcapitāre
- decapitatedēcapitāre