In our language terminations ANDO, going to indicate to the GERUND showing an action; but it is not defined by the time, mode, the number or the person. In Spanish is derived from the Latin gerundium which, initially, was the ablative case of the gerundivum ( 41 future passive participle;In the case of the query, providing is the gerund provide which means give, give, give. Providing, then, would mean giving, giving, giving, and other synonyms.