Editing Decapitation (section)

== Etymology ==
The word decapitation has its roots in the Late Latin word {{lang|la|decapitare}}. The meaning of the word {{lang|la|decapitare}} can be discerned from its morphemes {{lang|la|de-}} (down, from) + {{lang|la|capit-}} (head).<ref>{{cite book|title=Studies in Etymology|last2=Fleischer |first2=Rita |publisher=Focus |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-58510-012-5 |edition=Second |last1=Dunmore |first1=Charles}}</ref> The past participle of {{lang|la|decapitare}} is {{lang|la|decapitatus}}<ref name="etymonline">{{cite web |url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=decapitation |title=Decapitation |website=Online Etymology Dictionary |language=en |access-date=19 July 2017 |archive-date=28 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728201258/http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=decapitation |url-status=live }}</ref> which was used to create {{lang|la|decapitatio}}, the noun form of {{lang|la|decapitatus}}, in Medieval Latin, whence the French word {{lang|fr|décapitation}} was produced.<ref name="etymonline" />