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Where does “furniture” come from?

Furniture comes from Middle French fourniture, derived from Middle French fournir, meaning to supply or equip.

furniture (English): Large movable item, usually in a room, which...

Definitions

  1. Large movable item, usually in a room, which...

Ancestry of “furniture”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchfourniturea supply, or the act of furnishing
2Middle Frenchfournirto furnish

Words derived from “furniture”

  • furnituremaker
  • unfurnitured
  • disfurniture
  • traffic furniture
  • vörnitseri
  • फर्नीचर
  • เฟอร์นิเจอร์
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