pourveoir
Middle French
verb
Definitions
- to foresee
- to provide; to equip with; to furnish
Etymology
Inherited from Old French porveoir inherited from Latin prōvidēre (provide).
Origin
Latin
prōvidēre
Gloss
provide
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- prōvideō Latin
- prōvidēre Latin
- videō Latin
- provvedere Italian
- pourvoir French
- pourvoirie French
- pourvoyeur French
- proveer Spanish, Castilian
- *per- Proto-Indo-European
- prover Portuguese
- porveeir Old French
- porveoir Old French