Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To provide, particularly · To provide with food, especially for a special occasion as a professional service. · To provide anything required or desired, often (derogatory) to pander. · To tailor something to an intended audience.
Synonym of acater: an officer who purchased cates (food supplies) for the steward of a large household or estate. · Synonym of caterer: any provider of food. · Synonym of purveyor: any provider of anything.
From Middle English catour (“acater, provisioner”), aphetic form of acatour (“acater”), from Old French acater (“to buy, to purchase”). Equivalent to cate + -er.
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