Etymology

supply

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Today it means: To provide (something), to make (something) available for use. Full definition →

Middle English supplien ← Old French soupleer ← Latin suppleo
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supply · verb, noun1

  1. Latin · derived fromsuppleo“to fill up, make full, complete, supply”
  2. Old French · derived fromsoupleer
  3. Middle English · inherited fromsupplien
  4. English todaysupply

From Middle English supplien, borrowed from Old French soupleer, souploier, from Latin suppleo (“to fill up, make full, complete, supply”). The Middle English spelling was modified to conform to Latin etymology.

supply · adverb2

From supple + -ly.

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