Where does “Provinz” come from?

Provinz (German) comes from Middle High German provincie, from Latin prōvincia — office, official duty, command, formal responsibility given to a magistrate.

Provinz (German): province; hinterland; backwater

Definitions

  1. province; hinterland; backwater

Ancestry of “Provinz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanprovincie—
2Latinprōvinciaoffice, official duty, command, formal responsibility given to a magistrate

Words derived from “Provinz”

Every word from Latin prōvincia →Every word from Middle High German provincie →