achieve
/əˈt͡ʃiːv/ · verb
Meaning
- To succeed in something, now especially in academic performance.
- To carry out successfully; to accomplish.
- To conclude, finish, especially successfully.
- To obtain, or gain (a desired result, objective etc.), as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win.
- To conclude, to turn out.
- To obtain (a material thing).
Etymology / origin
From Middle English achieven, acheven, from Anglo-Norman achever, Old French achever, achiever et al., apparently from Late Latin *accapāre, from ad (“to”) + caput (“head”) + -ō (verbal suffix), or alternatively a construction based on Old French chief (“head”). Compare Catalan, Occitan, Portuguese and Spanish acabar, French achever.
- achever(French)→
- acabar(Spanish)→
- -(pt)→
- -(oc)→
- -(ca)→
- chief(Old French)→
- *accapō(la-lat)→
- achever(fro)→
- achever(xno)→
- achieven(enm)→
- *kap-(ine-pro)→
- achieve (English)
- Relations: root, inh, der, der, der, cog, cog, cog, cog, cog, cog
Related words
Descendant words
- achever(French) (cog)
- acabar(Portuguese) (cog)
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