Etymology of the English word mischief
the English word mischief
derived from the Old French word meschief
derived from the Old French word meschef
derived from the French word meschever
derived from the French word chever
derived from the Old French word chef
derived from the Classical Latin word cavare (hollow out, make concave, hollow)
derived from the Latin word cava (hollow; cage)
derived from the Latin word cavus (hollow or cave; hole, cavity, depression; hollow, excavated, hollowed out; sunken; deep, having deep channel)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *keuÉ™-
derived from the Latin word cavum (a hollow or cave; hole, cavity, depression)