Etymology

nonachievement

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Today it means: Something that does not achieve the intended goal. Full definition →

English achievement ← Middle French achevement ← Old French achevement
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  15. Proto-Italic*ad
  16. Latinad
  17. Proto-Indo-European*kap-?
  18. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*káput
  20. Proto-Italic*kaput
  21. Latincaput
  22. Latincapus
  23. Vulgar Latin*accapāre
  24. Old Frenchachever
  25. Old Frenchachevement
  26. Middle Frenchachevement
  27. Englishachievement
  28. English todaynonachievement

From non- + achievement.

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