The story
- Middle French · borrowed fromprovisionnal
- English todayprovisional
From provision + -al, or else from Middle French provisionnal (modern French provisionnel). Compare Latin prōvīsiōnālis.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
provisional
Today it means: Temporary, but with the intention of eventually becoming permanent or being replaced by a permanent equivalent. Full definition →
Middle French provisionnal