Where does “province” come from?

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

province (Old French): province

Definitions

  1. province

Ancestry of “province”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinprōvinciaoffice, official duty, command, formal responsibility given to a magistrate

Words derived from “province”

Every word from Latin prōvincia →