furniture
FUR-ni-cher · noun
Middle FrenchEnglish
Origin
The word comes from Middle French fourniture, meaning "a supply, or the act of furnishing," itself from the verb fournir, "to furnish."
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Journey
It began as a word for the act of supplying or equipping something, and came to name the things — the movable objects filling a room — that result from that act.
Related words
It shares its root with the English verb "furnish," which comes from the same French fournir.