English
provedore
Provedore may come from Spanish proveedor ‘supplier, provider, purveyor’.
- Spanishc. 1500–presentproveedor‘supplier, provider, purveyor’uncertain
- Englishtodayprovedore
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Spanishc. 1500–presentproveedor‘supplier, provider, purveyor’uncertain
- Englishtodayprovedore
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’
guy, idea, story, advice, guide, witness, wise, historic, wisdom, advise, wit, wizard, historian, idol, witty, guise, visitation, tabloid, envious, envision, steroid, druid, avis, revue, twit, improvise, hypothyroidism, idyll, witter, trapezoid, hyoid, hyperthyroidism, parathyroid, colloid, weet, visite, sigmoid, thyroxine, 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, visit, review, interview, vision, visa, invisible, evident, visibility, vista, providence, revise, vide, prudential, voyeur, invidious, 13 more
through Latin prōvideō ‘to foresee’
provide, provision, prudent, jurisprudence, prudence, purview, purveyor, proviso, 7 more
Today it means
noun A person or business that provides supplies, particularly food and beverages.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spanish proveedor / provedore