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Where does “achever” come from?

achever (Anglo-Norman) comes from Old French achever, from Latin accapāre, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.

Ancestry of “achever”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchachever—
2Latinaccapāre—
3LatinAd—
4Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
5Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
6LatinolleArchaic form of ille
7Proto-Italic*olnos—

Words derived from “achever”

  • achieve
  • achieving
  • achievable
  • unachievable
  • achiever
  • overachiever
  • underachiever
  • underachieve
  • achievability
  • overachieve
  • superachiever
  • reachieve
  • superachieving
  • nonachiever
  • outachieve
  • acheven
  • achieven
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