acephalous

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀκέφαλος“headless”
2. French · derived fromacéphale
3. English todayacephalous

From French acéphale, from Ancient Greek ἀκέφαλος (aképhalos, “headless”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”). By surface analysis, a- + -cephalous.

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