Where does “pourvoi” come from?
pourvoi (French) comes from French pourvoir, from Middle French pourveoir, from Old French porveoir, from Latin prōvideō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.
pourvoi (French): appeal
Ancestry of “pourvoi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | pourvoir | to equip, provide, endow; to fill; to provide |
| 2 | Middle French | pourveoir | to foresee; to provide; to equip with; to furnish |
| 3 | Old French | porveoir | to look at; to procure |
| 4 | Latin | prōvideō | — |
| 5 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |