myEtymology.com: French etymology of procurer

Etymology of the French word procurer

the Old French word procurer

derived 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 *per

English procure, Romanian procura

Italian procurare, Provençal procurar, Spanish procurar

Word found in Old French