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Middle English chef (inherited)
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Old French chief (derived)
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Proto-Indo-European *kauput- (derived)
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English cifal (cognate)
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Esperanto ĉef- (derived)
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Japanese チーフ (borrowed)
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Portuguese chefe (cognate)
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Swahili chifu (borrowed)
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Volapük cifal (derived)