English
provedore
Provedore may come from Spanish proveedor ‘supplier, provider, purveyor’.
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English provedore
Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.
Lineage
- Spanishc. 1500–presentproveedorWiktionary, English provedore‘supplier, provider, purveyor’uncertain
- EnglishtodayprovedoreWiktionary, English provedore
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’
guy, idea, story, advice, guide, witness, wise, historic, wisdom, advise, wit, wizard, historian, idol, witty, guise, visitation, tabloid, envious, envision, steroid, druid, avis, revue, twit, improvise, hypothyroidism, idyll, witter, trapezoid, hyoid, hyperthyroidism, parathyroid, colloid, weet, visite, sigmoid, thyroxine, thyroiditis, 89 more
through Proto-Indo-European *widéh₁yeti
through Proto-Italic *widēō ‘to see’
revision, invisibility, vada, evidential, provident, 13 more
through Latin videō ‘to see’
video, evidence, visit, review, interview, vision, visa, invisible, evident, visibility, vista, providence, revise, vide, prudential, voyeur, invidious, 13 more
through Latin prōvideō ‘to foresee’
provide, provision, prudent, jurisprudence, prudence, purview, purveyor, proviso, 7 more
Today it means
noun A person or business that provides supplies, particularly food and beverages.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “provedore”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Spanish proveedor / provedore