Etymology

decease

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Today it means: Death, departure from life. Full definition →

Old French deces ← Latin dēcessus
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  1. Latin · derived fromdēcessus“departure”
  2. Old French · derived fromdeces
  3. English todaydecease

From Old French deces (Modern French décès), from Latin dēcessus (“departure”).

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.