Where does “purvey” come from?

purvey (English) comes from Old French porveeir, from Latin prōvidēre.

purvey (English): To prepare in advance (for or to do something); to plan, make provision

Definitions

  1. To prepare in advance (for or to do something); to plan, make provision

Ancestry of “purvey”, step by step

purvey traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French porveeir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchporveeir—
2Latinprōvidēre—

via Middle English purveyen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishpurveyen—
2Old FrenchpurveirAlternative form of porveoir

Words derived from “purvey”

Every word from Latin prōvidēre →Every word from Old French porveeir →