Where does “province” come from?
Province comes from Middle English provynce, from Middle French province, from Latin provincia, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European prōw-.
province (English): A region of the earth or of a continent; a...
Definitions
- A region of the earth or of a continent; a...
Ancestry of “province”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | provynce | province, area; province, district; A small... |
| 2 | Old French | province | province |
| 3 | Latin | prōvincia | office, official duty, command, formal responsibility given to a magistrate |
Words derived from “province”