perform

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English word perform comes from Proto-Indo-European *pres-, and later Proto-Germanic *frumjaną (To accomplish. To perform, promote.)

*pres- (Proto-Indo-European)

*frumjaną (Proto-Germanic)

To accomplish. To perform, promote.

parfornir (Old French)

*frumjan (Frankish)

fornir (Old French)

To provide (for).

parfourmer (Old French)

performer (Anglo-Norman)

parfournen (Middle English)

perform (English)

To do something in front of an audience, often in order to entertain it.. To do something; to execute.

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