Etymology

cheevo

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Today it means: An achievement (award for meeting an objective). Full definition →

English oh ← Middle English o ← Old French oh
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Latinad
  4. Proto-Indo-European*kap-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*káput
  7. Proto-Italic*kaput
  8. Latincaput
  9. Latincapus
  10. Vulgar Latin*accapāre
  11. Old Frenchachever
  12. Old Frenchachevement
  13. Middle Frenchachevement
  14. Englishachievement
  15. Latinō
  16. Old Frenchoh
  17. Middle Englisho
  18. EnglishO
  19. Middle Englisho
  20. Englishoh
  21. English todaycheevo

From achievement + -o.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.