pprova
Maltese
/(ɪ)pˈprɔː.va/
verb
Definitions
- to try, try out, test
- (religion) to try; to put through trial, temptation, tribulation
- to prove
Etymology
Borrowed from Sicilian pruvari borrowed from Italian provare derived from Latin probo, probare.
Origin
Latin
probo, probare
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- probo, probare Latin
- probāre Latin
- controprovare Italian
- provabile Italian
- provare Italian
- provatore Italian
- prouver French
- probar Spanish, Castilian
- provi Esperanto
- pruvari Sicilian