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"to provide, to supply" in seven languages

Meaningto provide, to supply

Spanish

proporcionar

/pɾopoɾθjoˈnaɾ/

other source · Spanish proporción, learned Latin PRŌPORTIŌNEM

French

fournir

/fuʁniʁ/

inherited

Italian

fornire

/forˈnire/

borrowed · Old French fornir

Portuguese

fornecer

/fohneˈseh/

borrowed · Old French fornir, with the Portuguese suffix -ecer

Romanian

oferi

/ofeˈri/

other source · French offrir / Latin OFFERRE 'to offer'

Catalan

proporcionar

/pɾupuɾsjuˈna/

other source · Catalan proporció (learned Latin PRŌPORTIŌNEM)

English

provide

/pɹəˈvaɪd/

other source · Latin PRŌVIDĒRE 'to foresee'

English → Italianto provide, to supplyfornireNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: furnish, furniture.What English and Italian share

The ancestor

Frankish *frumjan‘to carry out, accomplish’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

English provide has sister words too (proveer, pourvoir, provvedere), but in everyday use French and Italian supply things with fournir / fornire. That verb comes from Frankish, and English borrowed it as furnish.

English relatives: furnish, furniture

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In a sentence

  • esEl hotel proporciona toallas.
  • frL'hôtel fournit les serviettes.
  • itL'albergo fornisce gli asciugamani.
  • ptO hotel fornece toalhas.
  • roHotelul oferă prosoape.
  • caL'hotel proporciona tovalloles.
  • enThe hotel provides towels.

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