noun
Origin: ME < MFr provendre, var. of provende < ML(Ec) praebenda: see prebend
See provender in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English provendre
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: , alteration of provende
Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *prōvenda
Origin: , alteration (influenced by Latin prōvidēre, to provide)
Origin: of Late Latin praebenda; see prebend
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