Where does “proviso” come from?

Proviso comes from Latin proviso, the ablative form of provisus, past participle of providere, meaning to foresee or make provision, formed from pro- and roots ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European weyd- and bʰuH-.

proviso (English): A conditional provision to an agreement

Definitions

A conditional provision to an agreement

Ancestry of “proviso”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	proviso	dative masculine singular of prōvīsus; dative...
2	Latin	provisus	foreseen; provided
3	Latin	prōvidēre	—

Every word from Latin prōvidēre →Every word from Latin provisus →Every word from Latin proviso →