Where does “prova” come from?
prova (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish پرووا, from Italian prova, from Italian provare, from Swedish pröva, from Old Swedish prøva, from Middle Low German prôven, from Old French prover, from Latin probāre — passed , crossed.
prova (Turkish): rehearsal
Definitions
- rehearsal
Ancestry of “prova”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | پرووا | — |
| 2 | Italian | prova | trial, test, experiment; examination, exam, test;... |
| 3 | Italian | provare | to try, try out, test; to try, attempt, take on;... |
| 4 | Swedish | pröva | to try, to make an attempt or to sample and... |
| 5 | Old Swedish | prøva | — |
| 6 | Middle Low German | prôven | — |
| 7 | Old French | prover | to prove |
| 8 | Latin | probāre | — |
| 9 | Latin | probō | to approve, permit, commend |
| 10 | Latin | Probus | good, serviceable, excellent, superior, able |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pro-bhwo- | being in front, prominent |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |