accomplish
UK[əˈkʌmplɪʃ]US[əˈkɑːmplɪʃ]
v
to succeed in doing or completing something
v
to achieve or bring to a successful conclusion
Etymology
the verb 'accomplish' entered english in the late 14th century from the old french 'acompliss-', the stem of 'acomplir', meaning "to fulfill, complete, carry out." this old french term was itself a reshaping of vulgar latin 'accomplere', a variant of classical latin 'adcomplēre', which combines 'ad-' (to, towards) and 'complēre' (to fill up, complete). the latin 'complēre' is built from 'com-' (an intensive prefix meaning "altogether") and 'plēre' (to fill), a root deriving from the pie 'pele-¹' (to fill). thus, the etymological journey moves from the pie concept of filling, through the latin idea of filling something up completely or finishing it, to the old french sense of fulfillment, finally arriving at the modern english meaning of successfully completing a task or achieving a goal.
Analysis
the word is a simplex form derived from a latin root via old french. it is not productively segmentable into meaningful substrings in modern english (e.g., 'ac', 'comp', 'lish' do not function as independent morphemes). the core semantic unit is the root 'accomplish-'.
Examples
she worked diligently to accomplish all her objectives before the deadline.
the team accomplished a remarkable feat of engineering.
it is satisfying to accomplish a difficult task through perseverance.