Where does “supply” come from?

Supply comes from Middle English supplie, from Old French supplier, from Latin supplēre meaning "to fill up," derived from Latin supplex "submissive," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- "to fill."

supply (English): To provide (something), to make (something) available for use

Definitions

  1. To provide (something), to make (something) available for use

Ancestry of “supply”, step by step

supply traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English supple

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishsupplepliant, flexible, easy to bend; lithe and agile...
2Middle Englishsoupleflexible; supple
3Old Frenchsouplesupple
4Latinsupplexkneeling; begging; suppliant
5Latinsupplicōto pray or supplicate
6Latinsub-under, sub
7Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-

via Middle English supplien

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishsuppliensupply
2Old Frenchsouploierto provide; to supply; to lower; to submit
3Latinsupplicāre

Words derived from “supply

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-