Where does “provins” come from?

provins (Tok Pisin) comes from English province, from Middle English provynce, from Old French province, from Latin prōvincia — office, official duty, command, formal responsibility given to a magistrate.

provins (Tok Pisin): province

Definitions

  1. province

Ancestry of “provins”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishprovinceA region of the earth or of a continent; a...
2Middle Englishprovynceprovince, area; province, district; A small...
3Old Frenchprovinceprovince
4Latinprōvinciaoffice, official duty, command, formal responsibility given to a magistrate
Every word from Latin prōvincia →Every word from Old French province →Every word from Middle English provynce →