purveyor

/pəˈveɪə/pur-VAY-ur

/pɚˈveɪɚ/pur-VAY-ur

Meaningone who purveys

Common meaning: a supplier

purveyto provideSkeat, Concise Etymological Dictionary (1911), p. 422 · scan
oragent ending: the doer, or the device that does it

Journey through time

Latinprovidere‘to provide’source
Anglo-Frenchpurveiersource
Englishpurvey‘supply’
Englishformed in English from purveypurveyor‘a supplier’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from purvey + -or.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), PURVEY, p.480 · scan

Source words

providere Latin · source word “to provide”

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