Where does “provincial” come from?

provincial (Old French) comes from Latin provincialis, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis.

Ancestry of “provincial”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	provincialis	provincial
2	Latin	-ālis	—
3	Proto-Italic	-ālis	—

Words derived from “provincial”

Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →

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