English caitiff

← Middle Dutch keytyf (cognate)

← English captive (doublet)

← Middle English caitif (inherited)

← French chétif (cognate)

← Old French chaitif (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (root)

← Italian cattivo (cognate)

← Latin captīvus (derived)

→ English captive (doublet)