supply
/səpˈlaɪ/suh-PLIGH
/səpˈlaɪ/suh-PLIGH
Meaningto fill up
Common meaning: to provide what is needed
- supunder, up from below (form of sub-)
- plifull; to fillLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1386 · scan
- ynoun ending: study, state or act
‘under, up from below (form of sub-)’ + ‘full’ → supply
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
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin plēnus; pleō ‘full; to fill’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry plēnus, p. 1386 · dictionary scan
Roots
- plēnus; pleō Latin “full; to fill”
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