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 IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (porveoir)
- purveer on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub