The story
- Latin · derived fromprōvideō“to foresee”
- Portuguese · derived fromprovedor“provider”
- Spanish · derived fromproveedor
- English todayprovedore
From Spanish proveedor or Portuguese provedor (“provider”), perhaps via Venetan. From Latin prōvideō (“to foresee”). Doublet of purveyor and proveditor.
Words from the same roots
Latinprōvideō all →
purview
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.