English
Provo
Provo comes from Dutch provoceren ‘to provoke’, from Latin prōvocō ‘to call forth, summon’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wokʷ-reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvocō‘call’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōvocōas prōvocāre‘to call forth, summon’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400provoker
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600provoquer
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘to provoke, bring on, bring about’
- Dutchc. 1500–presentprovoceren‘to provoke’
- Dutch, derivedc. 1500–presentProvo
- Englishearliest quotation 2017same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wokʷ-reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvocō‘call’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōvocōas prōvocāre‘to call forth, summon’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400provoker
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600provoquer
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘to provoke, bring on, bring about’
- Dutchc. 1500–presentprovoceren‘to provoke’
- Dutch, derivedc. 1500–presentProvo
- Englishearliest quotation 2017same form
Earliest quotation: 2017, Richard Ivan Jobs, Backpack Ambassadors: How Youth Travel Integrated Europe: “Still, Daniel Cohn-Bendit has commented that without the example…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-
vocabulary, revocation, convocation, 25 more
through Latin vocō ‘call’
invite, invitation, advocate, vocational, vie, invoke, vocation, vouch, irrevocable, revocable, 34 more
Today it means
name A Dutch counterculture movement of the 1960s.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ- / Provo