accomplish

The story

1. Latin · derived fromcomplēre“fill up/out, complete”
2. Vulgar Latin · derived from*(ac)complīre
3. Old French · derived fromacompliss-
4. Middle English · inherited fromaccomplisshen
5. English todayaccomplish

From Middle English accomplisshen, acomplissen, from Old French acompliss-, extended stem of acomplir (Modern French accomplir), from Vulgar Latin *(ac)complīre, from Latin complēre (“fill up/out, complete”, whence English complete). First attested in the late 14th century.

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