Etymology

procurer

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Today it means: A person who procures or obtains things Full definition →

Middle English procurour ← Anglo-Norman procurour ← Old French procureor
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  1. Latin · derived fromprōcūrātor
  2. Old French · derived fromprocureor
  3. Anglo-Norman · derived fromprocurour
  4. Middle English · inherited fromprocurour
  5. English todayprocurer

Inherited from Middle English procurour, from Anglo-Norman procurour and continental Old French procureor, from Latin prōcūrātor; by surface analysis, procure + er. Doublet of proctor and procurator.

Words from the same roots

Latinprōcūrātor all →

procurator

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