Provisions, food supplies, or delicacies; archaic term for groceries or prepared foods.
From Old French achat (purchase, buying). Related to French acheter (to buy). Used in Middle English for foodstuffs and provisions.
Acate is why restaurants are sometimes called 'caterers'—the word traveled from French for 'to buy' into English as the supplies themselves, connecting buying to the provisions you purchase!
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