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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Rhetorica ad Herennium|origins=ine-pro *weyd-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [proː.wɪˈdɛn.ti.a]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [pro.viˈdɛn.t͡si.a]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''prōvidentia''' ''f'' (genitive prōvidentiae); first declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|prōvidēns|-ia|t1=foreseeing]], from [[prōvideō]] “to foresee”, from [[m|la|prō-]] and [[m|la|videō|t=to see]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Wiktionary compares [[prūdentia]] and suggests that Cicero may have coined it to render [[grc|πρόνοια|tr=prónoia|t=foresight, providence]].^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨videō⟩ to [[ine-pro|*wid-eh₁-|t=to see]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'', of foresight.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates it 86/82 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant foresight, forethought, providence, as in the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium''; in Cicero the providence of the gods, a power that creates and directs the world; and in Livy the power of seeing in advance.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Macrobius names ''Prōvidentia'' as a goddess.^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means providence.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for guidance, management, care, a measure or provision.^(Niermeyer 1976) English ''providence'' (late 14th century) is from it.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 86/82 BC – The ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' uses it of foresight.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of divine providence.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''providence'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # [[m|en|foreknowledge|alt=Foreknowledge]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # [[m|en|foresight|alt=Foresight]], forethought.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Divine [[m|en|providence]].^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Management, care; a provision.^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[prōvidē]]
+ * [[prōvidēns]]
+ * [[prōvidenter]]
+ * [[prōvideō]]
+ * [[prōvidus]]
+ * [[prōvīsiō]]
+ * [[prōvīsō]]
+ * [[prōvīsor]]
+ * [[prōvīsus]]
+ * [[prūdentia]]
+ * [[videō]]
+ * [[en|providence]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}