Etymology

improvision

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Today it means: the lack of provision, a failure to provide something Full definition →

English provision ← Middle English in- ← Latin in-
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improvision · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishim-
  7. Englishprovision
  8. English todayimprovision

From im- + provision.

improvision · noun2

From improvise + -ion.

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