Chef

Morpheme

Chef

Type

free base

Denotation

head, leader

Etymology

French chef; Middle French chief; Old French chef, chief; Vulgar Latin capus; Latin caput

Evidence

autochef, chef, chefdom, cheffed, cheffery, cheffing, cheffy, chefless, cheflike, chefling, chefly, chefmanship, chefs, chefware, chefwear, nonchef, robochef, subchef, superchef, uberchef, underchef

Doublet

Cape, Capo, Caput, Chief, Head

See Also

Chief, Capt, Cape, Capit(e) [Capite, Capit], Cipite, Cipe, Head