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 prōvincia →Every word from French province →