Where does “provinceful” come from?

provinceful (English) comes from English province, from Middle English provynce, from Old French province, from Latin prōvincia — office, official duty, command, formal responsibility given to a magistrate.

provinceful (English): the amount that a province can hold

Definitions

  1. the amount that a province can hold

Ancestry of “provinceful”, step by step

provinceful traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English province

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishprovinceA region of the earth or of a continent; a...
2Middle Englishprovynceprovince, area; province, district; A small...
3Old Frenchprovinceprovince
4Latinprōvinciaoffice, official duty, command, formal responsibility given to a magistrate

via English ful

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishful
Every word from Latin prōvinciaEvery word from Old French provinceEvery word from Middle English provynce