Furnish
/ˈfɜːrnɪʃ/noun
To supply or equip with what is needed, or to provide furniture for a room.
Did you know?The word entered English through Old French with the sense of supplying or outfitting, and its deeper ancestry is tied to Germanic ideas of making something ready, not just decorating it.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*frumjaną
“to further, promote, make ready”
Old French
OF
fornir
“to supply, furnish, complete”
Middle English
ME
furnishen
“to supply or equip”
Modern English
English
furnish
“to supply with what is needed or to fit out a room”