Where does “purveiour” come from?

purveiour (Middle English) comes from French pourvoyeur, from Old French purveour, 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.

Ancestry of “purveiour”, step by step

purveiour traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French pourvoyeur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpourvoyeurpurveyor, supplier, source
2Old Frenchpurveourpurveyor
3Old Frenchporveoirto look at; to procure
4Latinprōvideōto foresee
5Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
6Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Anglo-Norman purveour

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normanpurveourpurveyor

Words derived from “purveiour”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European por- →