Etymograph

English

achievance

From achieve + -ance, parallel to Middle French achevance.

Formed from achieve + -ance

Latin caput ‘head’

Vulgar Latin *capus ‘head’

Old French chief ‘end; head’

Old French achever ‘to accomplish, finish’

Middle English achieven ‘to accomplish’

English achieve

Today it means

noun An achievement.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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