Esperanto ĉefo

← French chef (borrowed)

← Old French chief (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *kauput- (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *kaput- (mention)

← Proto-Italic *kaput (derived)

← Latin caput (derived)

→ Esperanto ĉefi (affix)

→ Esperanto ĉefino (affix)

→ Ido chefo (derived)