Etymology of the English word province
the English word
provincederived from the Old French word
provincederived from the Latin word
provincia (province; office; duty)
derived from the Latin word
vincere (conquer, defeat, excel)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*weik-derived from the New Latin word
pro-using the Greek prefix
pro-, προ- (before)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*perDate
The earliest known usage of province in English dates from the 14th century.
Cognates
Dutch
provincie, French
province, German
Provinz, Italian
provincia, Norwegian
provins, Spanish
provincia, Swedish
provinsUsage
Word found in Modern English
