English

proprovincial

From pro- + provincial.

Proto-Indo-European *pér ‘through’

Proto-Indo-European *pró ‘forwards, before’

Proto-Italic *prō ‘in front of, before’

Latin prō ‘in favor of, on behalf of’

English pro-

Latin prōvincia ‘province’

Latin prōvinciālis ‘of a province’

Old French provincial

Middle English provincial

Today it means

adj Supporting or favouring a province.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / proprovincial