Where does “catery” come from?
catery (English) comes from English cater, from Middle English catour, from Middle English acatour, from Old French acheter, from Vulgar Latin accaptare, from Latin acceptō, from Latin accipiō, from Latin ad- — in.
catery (English): The place where provisions are deposited
Definitions
- The place where provisions are deposited
Ancestry of “catery”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cater | To provide, "particularly:"; Synonym of acater:... |
| 2 | Middle English | catour | acater, provisioner |
| 3 | Middle English | acatour | acater |
| 4 | Old French | acheter | to purchase; buy |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | accaptare | — |
| 6 | Latin | acceptō | to take, receive, accept (regularly) |
| 7 | Latin | accipiō | to receive, accept, take |
| 8 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 9 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 10 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |