acephal

The story

1. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromἀκέφαλος“headless”
2. English todayacephal

From Ancient Greek ἀκέφαλος (aképhalos, “headless”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”). Compare French acéphale, Late Latin acephalus. Doublet of acephalus.

Words from the same roots