From French 'fourniture' (equipment) — literally 'provisions for a space,' while most European languages use derivatives of Latin 'mobilis.'
Large movable equipment such as tables, chairs, and beds, used to make a house or building suitable for living or working in.
From French 'fourniture' (furnishing, equipment, provisions, supplies), from 'fournir' (to furnish, to provide, to accomplish, to complete), from Old French 'fornir/fournir,' from Frankish *frumjan (to provide, to accomplish), from Proto-Germanic *frumjana (to further, to perform, to promote), from PIE *promo- (forward, foremost — a superlative form of *pro-, before, forward). The same PIE root gave Latin 'primus' (first, foremost), English 'fore' and 'former,' and Sanskrit 'purva' (former, eastern, first). The Frankish verb entered Old
English uses 'furniture' (from furnish, to equip) while French, German, and Spanish use words from Latin 'mobilis' (movable): French 'meuble,' German 'Möbel,' Spanish 'mueble.' English defines furniture by its purpose (equipment); the others define it by its nature (movable things). The contrast reveals different ways of thinking about the same