Etymology

underachievement

Today it means: An achievement that is less than expected; underperformance. Full definition →

English achievement ← Middle French achevement ← Old French achevement
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  7. Proto-Germanic*under
  8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  9. Old Englishunder-
  10. Middle Englishunder-
  11. Englishunder-
  12. Vulgar Latin*accapāre
  13. Old Frenchachever
  14. Old Frenchachevement
  15. Middle Frenchachevement
  16. Englishachievement
  17. English todayunderachievement

From under- + achievement.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.