English
excerebration
Excerebration comes from Latin excerebratus ‘deprived of brains’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexcerebratus‘deprived of brains’
- Englishtodayexcerebration
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexcerebratus‘deprived of brains’
- Englishtodayexcerebration
A compound of ex ‘out’ + cerebrum ‘brain’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs ‘out’
Proto-Italic *eks
Latin ex ‘out’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂srom
Proto-Italic *kerazrom ‘brain’
Latin cerebrum ‘brain’
Every English word from Latin excerebratus
Today it means
noun The act of removing a person's brains.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin excerebratus / excerebration