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decollation

Meaningneck

Common meaning: beheading

Journey through time

  1. Latindecollatio‘neck’source
  2. Late Latinmeaning shiftsneck → beheadingdecollationem‘beheading’source
  3. Old Frenchdecollation‘a beheading’source
  4. Englishdecollation‘beheading’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin decollatio ‘neck’.

Roots

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