Where does “pwovens” come from?

pwovens (Haitian Creole) comes from French province, from Latin prōvincia — office, official duty, command, formal responsibility given to a magistrate.

pwovens (Haitian Creole): province

Definitions

  1. province

Ancestry of “pwovens”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchprovinceprovince
2Latinprōvinciaoffice, official duty, command, formal responsibility given to a magistrate
Every word from Latin prōvinciaEvery word from French province
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