verb/ekiˈpaɾ/
to equip (to furnish for service); to equip (to dress up; to array; to clothe); to equip (to equip oneself with (an item); to bring (equipment) into active use)
Borrowed from French équiper, from Middle French esquiper, from Old French esquiper, eschiper (“to board a ship, set sail”), partly from Old English scipian (“to board a ship, set sail”) and partly from Old Norse skipa (“to arrange, prepare a ship, equip”); both from Proto-Germanic *skipōną (“to ship, sail, embark”), from Proto-Germanic *skipą (“ship”). More at ship. Compare with English equip.