supply

Where does the word "supply" come from? It comes from Latin supplere, and was adopted directly into English (1300s).

Supply’s story begins in Latin: supplere meant “to fill up, to complete.” To fill up, to complete, from sub- (under) and plere (to fill). It reached English by 1300s as supply. Settled as the English word for providing something needed. Today, supply means to provide something that is needed or wanted.

1. Stage 1 · Latin · ancient supplere "to fill up, to complete", to fill up, to complete, from sub- (under) and plere (to fill).
2. Stage 2 · English · 1300s supply "to provide something that is needed", settled as the English word for providing something needed.