English

subprovincial

From sub- + provincial.

Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Latin prōvincia ‘province’

Latin prōvinciālis ‘of a province’

Old French provincial

Middle English provincial

Today it means

adj Of or relating to a subprovince.

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

Etymograph / subprovincial