French chétif

← Gaulish (mention)

← Proto-Celtic *kaxtos (derived)

← Welsh caeth (cognate)

← French captif (doublet)

← Old French chaitif (inherited)

← Old French caitif (mention)

← Irish cacht (cognate)

← Italian cattivo (cognate)

← Latin captīvus (inherited)

→ English caitiff (cognate)

→ English chétif (borrowed)

→ French captif (doublet)

→ French chétivement (suffix)

→ Friulian cjâtif (cognate)

→ Italian cattivo (cognate)