Editing Furniture (section)

==Etymology==
The English word ''[[wikt:furniture|furniture]]'' is derived from the French word {{lang|fr|[[wikt:fourniture|fourniture]]}},<ref name="Encyclopædia Britannica">{{cite encyclopedia |title=Furniture |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |date=23 February 2016 |url=https://www.britannica.com/technology/furniture |access-date=16 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160516184633/https://www.britannica.com/technology/furniture |archive-date=16 May 2016}}</ref> the noun form of {{lang|fr|[[wikt:fournir|fournir]]}}, which means to supply or provide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/french-english/fournir|title=English Translation of "fournir" |work=Collins French-English Dictionary}}</ref> Thus ''fourniture'' in [[French language|French]] means supplies or provisions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/french-english/fourniture |title=English Translation of "fourniture" |work=Collins French-English Dictionary}}</ref> The English usage, referring specifically to [[house]]hold objects, is specific to that language;{{sfn|Weekley|2013|pp=609–610}} French and other [[Romance languages|Romance]] languages as well as [[German language|German]] use variants of the word ''[[wikt:meubles|meubles]]'', which derives from [[Latin]] ''[[wikt:mobilia|mobilia]]'', meaning "moveable goods".{{sfn|Solodow|2010|p=146}}