Etymology of the English word procure
the English word
procurederived from the Old French word
procurerderived from the Latin word
procurare (manage; administer; attend to)
derived from the Latin word
curare (arrange, see, attend to; undertake; procure; regard w)
derived from the Latin word
cura (concern, worry, anxiety; office, task, responsibility)
derived from the New Latin word
pro-using the Greek prefix
pro-, προ- (before)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*perDerivations in English
procurable,
procurance,
procured,
procuringCognates
Dutch
procuratie, French
procuration, German
Prokura, Icelandic
prókúra, Italian
procurazione, Spanish
procuracion, Swedish
prokuraUsage
Word found in Modern English
