myEtymology.com: English etymology of chiefly

Etymology of the English word chiefly

the English word chiefly

derived from the English word chief

derived from the Old French word chef

derived from the Old French word chief

derived from the Latin word caput (head; small head; head; head; head; head; person; life; heading; chapter, principal division)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kaput- (head)

using the English suffix -ly