provender

The story

1. Late Latin · derived frompraebenda“a payment, in Medieval Latin also an allowance of food and drink, pittance, also a prebend”
2. Old French · derived fromprovendre
3. Middle English · inherited fromprovendre
4. English todayprovender

From Middle English provendre, from Old French provendre, variant of provende (“allowance, provision”), from Late Latin praebenda (“a payment, in Medieval Latin also an allowance of food and drink, pittance, also a prebend”). Doublet of prebend.