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If you take the "be-" prefix and expand it back to "being" which is where I think it came from, it should all "become" clear. "Beheaded" becomes "Being headed", "Because" becomes "being caused (by)", yadda, yadda.
It's a verbal shorthand which has become part of the language. Or should I say "being come" part of the language?
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