Providence, Divine Providence (God's superintendence over earthly events) · fate, destiny (impersonal force or principle that predetermines events) · precaution, provision, providence (preparation, previous care)
eş: Fügung
köken: From Late Middle High German fürsehung (15th c.), a calque of Latin providentia and provisio. By surface analysis, vorsehen + -ung. Doublet of Vorsicht.
köken: Inherited from Old Swedish forsyn, equivalent to för + syn. Compare Danish forsyn, Icelandic forsjá, German Vorsehung, all developed as a translation of Latin providentia.