Where does “achevement” come from?
achevement (Middle French) comes from Old French achevement, from Old French achever, from Latin accapāre, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
Ancestry of “achevement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | achevement | act of finishing, of ending; accomplishment;... |
| 2 | Old French | achever | — |
| 3 | Latin | accapāre | finish |
| 4 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 5 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 6 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 7 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |