Decide - "to settle something in dispute or doubt; to solve or conclude a question, controversy, or struggle by giving victory to one side" from the Latin verb
decidere meaning "to cut away, to cut off" which comprises the preposition
de meaning "away, off, down from" and the verb
caedo, caedere meaning "to cut, kill, slay" (All information is from
www.wikipedia.org,
www.etymonline.com and/or
www.dictionary.com).
RELATED WORDS/PHRASES – homicide, regicide, etc. etc. BUT NOT deciduous, which comprises the Latin roots
de meaning "down from" and
cado, cadere meaning "to fall"
Sample sentence – "After all these years, I'm still not sure which door the Princess decided upon, the one with the lady, or the tiger."
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