English
proveditor
Proveditor comes from Italian provvedere ‘to provide, to supply, to furnish’, from Latin videō ‘to see’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyd-‘to see’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*widéh₁yetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*widēō‘to see’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvideō‘to see’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōvideōas prōvidēre‘to provide, see to’
- Italianc. 1300–presentprovvedereas provedere‘to provide, to supply, to furnish’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentproveditore
- Englishearliest quotation 1649proveditor
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyd-‘to see’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*widéh₁yetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*widēō‘to see’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvideō‘to see’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōvideōas prōvidēre‘to provide, see to’
- Italianc. 1300–presentprovvedereas provedere‘to provide, to supply, to furnish’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentproveditore
- Englishearliest quotation 1649proveditor
Earliest quotation: 1649, Jeremy Taylor, The Great Exemplar: Or: “The entertainment, that S. John's Proveditore the Angel gave…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’
guy, idea, story, advice, guide, wise, witness, wisdom, historic, advise, idol, wizard, wit, historian, guise, witty, tabloid, envious, visitation, envision, steroid, revue, druid, avis, improvise, twit, hypothyroidism, idyll, trapezoid, hyoid, witter, parathyroid, colloid, hyperthyroidism, weet, sigmoid, thyroxine, visite, thyroiditis, 90 more
through Proto-Indo-European *widéh₁yeti
through Proto-Italic *widēō ‘to see’
revision, invisibility, vada, evidential, provident, 13 more
through Latin videō ‘to see’
video, evidence, review, interview, visit, vision, visa, invisible, evident, vista, visibility, revise, providence, prudential, vide, voyeur, invidious, 13 more
through Latin prōvideō ‘to provide, see to’
provide, provision, prudent, jurisprudence, prudence, purview, purveyor, proviso, 7 more
Today it means
noun One employed to procure supplies, as for an army, a steamer, etc.; a purveyor; one who provides for another.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weyd- / proveditor