Old French

Verb

porveoir

1. to look at
2. to procure (obtain, get hold of)

Descendants

• English: purvey (borrowed), purview (borrowed)
• French: pourvoir

References

• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (porveoir)
• purveer on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub