Provinz

German (Berlin)

noun

Definitions

province administrative subdivision
hinterland; backwater remote area unaffected by new fashions and ideas

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German provincie derived from Latin provincia.

Origin

Latin

provincia

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

provincia Latin
Kirche German
Kirchenprovinz German
Provinzler German
*per- Proto-Indo-European
provins Norwegian Bokmål
província Portuguese
prowincja Polish
provins Norwegian Nynorsk
provins Danish
province Old French
provincie Middle High German
პროვინცია Georgian