The prefix "de" typically reverses a word's meaning, so why is someone whose life has ceased called deceased? Wouldn't that be a zombie?
@AtomicAnalyst OK, I had to check. OED says it comes from Latin dēcēdere, which is related to "departed."
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@wellerstein Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well if Latin's so highfalutin, why is it a deceased language? Answer me that, smart guy!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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