English → Latin
“provide” in Latin
parōto arrange, order, contrive, design; to provide, furnish, prepare; to resolve, purpose, decidecomparōto prepare, get ready, provide, furnish; to compare, match, place together, couple, form into pairspraeparōto get ready, prepareprōvideōto foresee; to be cautious; to act with foresight; to provide, see toparābilisobtainable; at hand, available
The English word provide itself goes back to Latin videō, through prōvideō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
provide
parare, comparare (for money or otherwise): praeparare, providere (to take care that a thing be ready): to provide the necessaries of life, res ad vitam degendam necessarias praeparare: to provide provisions for the winter, in hiemem providere frumentum: to provide a very great store of corn, frumenti vim maximam comparare: that is easily provided, parabilis.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for provide?
- The usual Latin words for “provide” are parō, comparō, praeparō; also prōvideō, parābilis. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.