English

improvidence

From im- + providence.

Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’

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Latin provideō ‘to provide’

Latin prōvidentia ‘providence, foresight’

Anglo-Norman providence

Middle English providence

Today it means

noun The quality of being improvident; want of foresight or thrift.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / improvidence