English
procurement
Procurement comes from Old French procurer ‘to procure’, from Latin prōcūrō ‘to take care of, attend to, look after any thing’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys- ‘to see’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷeys-‘to see’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kʷoizā‘care’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcūra
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcūrō‘to arrange, see to, attend to, take care of, look after, ensure, tend to’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōcūrō‘to take care of, attend to, look after any thing’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400procurer‘to procure’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400procurement
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘the act of inciting someone’
- Englishearliest quotation 1675same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷeys-‘to see’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kʷoizā‘care’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcūra
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcūrō‘to arrange, see to, attend to, take care of, look after, ensure, tend to’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōcūrō‘to take care of, attend to, look after any thing’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400procurer‘to procure’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400procurement
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘the act of inciting someone’
- Englishearliest quotation 1675same form
Earliest quotation: 1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe: A Tragedy. […]: “They think it done by her procurement.”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys- ‘to see’
through Proto-Italic *kʷoizā ‘care’
ensure, assure, insure, 4 more
through Latin cūra
sure, security, secure, curator, sicker, manicure, 8 more
through Latin cūrō ‘to arrange, see to, attend to, take care of,…’
accurate, cure, incurable, curation, 4 more
through Latin prōcūrō ‘to take care of, attend to, look after any thing’
Today it means
noun The purchasing department of a company.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys- / procurement