English
provincialize
From provincial + -ize.
A compound of provincial + -ize
Latin prōvincia ‘province’
Latin prōvinciālis ‘of a province’
Old French provincial
Middle English provincial
English provincial
Today it means
verb To render provincial; to reduce or allot to provinces.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “provincialize”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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