Morpheme
Chieve
Type
bound base
Denotation
head, allomorph of Chief
Etymology
(1) Middle English acheven, achieven, achiven, acheiven; Anglo-Norman achever; Old French achever, achiver, achiever, from à chef venir; Vulgar Latin *accapare; Late Latin ad caput venire, from ad + caput; (2) Middle English myschef, meschef, meschief, mischef, myscheven; Old French meschief, from meschever, from mes- + chever; Vulgar Latin *capāre; Latin caput
Evidence
achievability, achievable, achievance, achieve, achieved, achievement, achiever, achiever, achieves, achieving, hyperachievement, mischieve, mischieved, mischieves, mischieving, mischievous, mischievously, mischievousness, nonachievable, nonachievement, outachieve, overachieve, overachievement, reachieve, superachieving, unachievable, unachieved, underachieve, underachievement
See Also
Chief, Capt, Cape, Capit(e) [Capite, Capit], Cipite, Cipe, Head
