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caput
Latin · ancient
"head"
head, combined with de- (away from)
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Stage 2 of 3
decapitare
Late Latin · medieval
"to behead"
to behead, from de- and caput
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Stage 3 of 3
decapitate
English · 1600s
"to cut off someone's head"
settled as the English word for cutting off someone's head
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