Where does “Provençal” come from?

Provençal (French) comes from Middle French provenceal, from Latin provincialis, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

Provençal (French): a person from Provence

Definitions

  1. a person from Provence

Ancestry of “Provençal”, step by step

Provençal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French provenceal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchprovenceal—
2Latinprovincialisprovincial
3Latin-ālis—
4Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

via French Provence

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchProvence—
2OccitanProvençaProvence
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin provincialis →