're-provisions' originates from the prefix 're-' (Latin) meaning 'again' combined with 'provision' from Latin 'provisio' (from 'providere'), where 'pro-' meant 'before/in front of' and 'videre' meant 'to see' (via Old French 'provision').

'provisio' passed into Old French as 'provision' and into Middle English as 'provision'; adding the prefix 're-' (from Latin 're-') produced forms such as 're-provision' or 'reprovision' in modern English to indicate doing the provisioning again.

Initially, 'provision' related to providing or making ready (literally 'providing beforehand'); the combined form with 're-' came to mean 'to provide again' or 'to supply again'.