Etymology

provo

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Dutch Provo ← French provoquer
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Provo · proper noun, noun1

  1. French · derived fromprovoquer
  2. Dutch · borrowed fromProvo
  3. English todayProvo

From Dutch Provo, shortened from provoceren (“to provoke”), from French provoquer.

Provo · noun2

Clipping of provisional + -o.

Provo · proper noun3

* The city in Utah is named after the mountain man and trapper Étienne Provost. * The city in South Dakota is named after Bill Provost, Sr., an early resident.

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