The story
- Latin · derived fromdēcīdere
- Old French · derived fromdecider
- Middle English · inherited fromdeciden
- English todaydecide
From Middle English deciden, from Old French decider, from Latin dēcīdere, infinitive of dēcīdō (“cut off, decide”), from dē (“down from”) + caedō (“cut”).
Words from the same roots
Latindēcīdere all →
decay
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.