porveoir

Old French

Alternative forms

purveir

Etymology

From Latin prōvidēre, present active infinitive of prōvideō.

Verb

porveoir

to look at
to procure (obtain, get hold of)

Descendants

→ English: purvey, purview
Middle French: pourveoir
- French: pourvoir

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (porveoir)

purveer on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

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