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Where does “achevé” come from?

achevé (French) comes from French achever, from Middle French achever, from Old French achever, from Latin accapāre, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle.

achevé (French): past participle of achever

Definitions

  1. past participle of achever

Ancestry of “achevé”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchacheverto finish, to complete; to finish off; to finish
2Middle Frenchacheverto finish; to complete
3Old Frenchachever—
4Latinaccapāre—
5LatinAd—
6Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
7Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
8LatinolleArchaic form of ille
9Proto-Italic*olnos—

Words derived from “achevé”

  • inachevé
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