Exactly and literally; from the roots of "de"="off" and "caedere"="to cut" [0] If you can't cut something off, you cannot decide. decision (n.) mid-15c., de

Exactly and literally; from the roots of "de"="off" and "caedere"="to cut" [0] If you can't cut something off, you cannot decide. decision (n.) mid-15c., decisioun, "act of deciding," from Old French décision (14c.), from Latin decisionem (nominative decisio) "a decision, settlement, agreement," noun of action from past-participle stem of decidere "to decide, determine," literally "to cut off," from de "off" (see de-) + caedere "to cut" (from PIE root *kae-id- "to strike"). [0] https://www.etymonline.com/word/decision https://www.etymonline.com/word/decision