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Where does “porveor” come from?

porveor (Old French) comes from Old French porveoir, from Latin prōvideō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por-, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

Ancestry of “porveor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchporveoirto look at; to procure
2Latinprōvideō—
3Latinprō-—
4Proto-Italic*pro-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
7Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “porveor”

  • purveyor
  • purveyour
  • purveour
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