Equipment etymology

English

English word equipment comes from English equip, English pyramid

Etymology of equipment

Detailed word origin of equipment

Dictionary entry Language Definition
equip English (en) (transitive) To dress up; to array; accouter.. (transitive) To furnish for service, or against a need or exigency; to fit out; to supply with whatever is necessary to efficient action in any way; to provide with arms or an armament, stores, munitions, rigging, etc.; -- said especially of ships and of troops.. (transitive) To prepare (someone) with a skill.
pyramid English (en) (intransitive) To employ, or take part in, a pyramid scheme.. (transitive, genetics) To combine (a series of genes) into a single genotype.. To build up or be arranged in the form of a pyramid (UK, dated) The game of pool in which the balls are placed in the form of a triangle at spot.. (card games) The triangular layout of cards in the game of Pyramid.. (card games, uncountable) . (a [...]
equipment English (en) The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.. Whatever is used in equipping something or someone, for example things needed for an expedition or voyage.