provender

C2+ Topic:Animals

US /ˈprɑvəndɚ/ UK /ˈprɒvəndə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
animal fodder, or by extension food and provisions

The stable boy laid out fresh provender for the horses.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · animal fodder, or by... fodder feed forage provisions victuals food sustenance

Word family

Related forms prebendprovide

Etymology

From Old French provendre ('provender, allowance'), an alteration of provende, from Medieval Latin provenda, itself an alteration of Late Latin praebenda ('payment, things to be furnished'), from Latin praebere ('to furnish').

provendre Old French praebenda Latin habere Latin

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Topics

Animals Word Formation & Derivatives

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# provender

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈprɑvəndɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈprɒvəndə/

## Meanings
1. animal fodder, or by extension food and provisions

## Examples
- The stable boy laid out fresh provender for the horses.

## Synonyms
- fodder
- feed
- forage
- provisions
- victuals
- food
- sustenance

## Related Forms
- prebend
- provide

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: provendre
- Root: praebenda
- Root: habere

## Etymology
From Old French provendre ('provender, allowance'), an alteration of provende, from Medieval Latin provenda, itself an alteration of Late Latin praebenda ('payment, things to be furnished'), from Latin praebere ('to furnish').

## AI Etymology
Provender is from Old French provendre ('provender, allowance'), an alteration of provende, from Medieval Latin provenda, itself an alteration of Late Latin praebenda ('payment, things to be furnished'), from Latin praebere ('to furnish'). Important recorded forms include provendre (Old French), praebenda (Latin), and habere (Latin). The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers animal fodder, or by extension food and provisions. The wider family includes related words such as prebend and provide.

## Topics
- Animals
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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