provenir

Catalan

Alternative forms

provindre

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prōvenīre (“to originate, to arise”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [pɾu.βəˈni]
IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾo.vəˈni]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾo.veˈniɾ]
IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [pɾo.βeˈni]
Audio (Barcelona): (file)
Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

provenir (first-person singular present provinc, first-person singular preterite provinguí, past participle provingut); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /e/

to originate, to stem (from)
to arise (from)

Conjugation

Central Catalan conjugation of provenir (third conjugation, without -eix-, irregular, with velar infix)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			provenir
gerund			provenint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		provingut		provinguda
		plural		provinguts		provingudes
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	provinc	provens	prové	provenim	proveniu	provenen
	imperfect	provenia	provenies	provenia	proveníem	proveníeu	provenien
	future	provindré	provindràs	provindrà	provindrem	provindreu	provindran
	preterite	provinguí	provingueres	provingué	provinguérem	provinguéreu	provingueren
	conditional	provindria	provindries	provindria	provindríem	provindríeu	provindrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	provingui	provinguis	provingui	provinguem	provingueu	provinguin
	imperfect	provingués	provinguessis	provingués	provinguéssim	provinguéssiu	provinguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	provén	provingui	provinguem	proveniu	provinguin
	negative (no)	—	no provinguis	no provingui	no provinguem	no provingueu	no provinguin

Related terms

French

Etymology

From Latin prōvenīre (“originate, arise”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pʁɔv.niʁ/
Audio: (file)
Audio (France (Lyon)): (file)
Audio (France (Somain)): (file)

Verb

provenir

to originate (from)
to arise (from)

Conjugation

This is a verb in a group of -ir verbs. All verbs ending in -venir, such as convenir and devenir, are conjugated this way. Such verbs are the only verbs whose past historic and subjunctive imperfect endings do not start with one of these thematic vowels: -a-, -i-, -u-.

Conjugation of provenir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	être + past participle
infinitive	simple	provenir
present participle or gerund¹	simple	provenant /pʁɔv.nɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	étant + past participle
past participle		provenu /pʁɔv.ny/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	proviens /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃/	proviens /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃/	provient /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃/	provenons /pʁɔv.nɔ̃/	provenez /pʁɔv.ne/	proviennent /pʁɔ.vjɛn/
	imperfect	provenais /pʁɔv.nɛ/	provenais /pʁɔv.nɛ/	provenait /pʁɔv.nɛ/	provenions /pʁɔ.və.njɔ̃/	proveniez /pʁɔ.və.nje/	provenaient /pʁɔv.nɛ/
	past historic²	provins /pʁɔ.vɛ̃/	provins /pʁɔ.vɛ̃/	provint /pʁɔ.vɛ̃/	provînmes /pʁɔ.vɛ̃m/	provîntes /pʁɔ.vɛ̃t/	provinrent /pʁɔ.vɛ̃ʁ/
	future	proviendrai /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃.dʁe/	proviendras /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃.dʁa/	proviendra /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃.dʁa/	proviendrons /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/	proviendrez /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃.dʁe/	proviendront /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	proviendrais /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	proviendrais /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	proviendrait /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	proviendrions /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/	proviendriez /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃.dʁi.je/	proviendraient /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of être + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of être + past participle
	past anterior²	past historic of être + past participle
	future perfect	future of être + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of être + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	provienne /pʁɔ.vjɛn/	proviennes /pʁɔ.vjɛn/	provienne /pʁɔ.vjɛn/	provenions /pʁɔ.və.njɔ̃/	proveniez /pʁɔ.və.nje/	proviennent /pʁɔ.vjɛn/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	provinsse /pʁɔ.vɛ̃s/	provinsses /pʁɔ.vɛ̃s/	provînt /pʁɔ.vɛ̃/	provinssions /pʁɔ.vɛ̃.sjɔ̃/	provinssiez /pʁɔ.vɛ̃.sje/	provinssent /pʁɔ.vɛ̃s/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of être + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of être + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	proviens /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃/	—	provenons /pʁɔv.nɔ̃/	provenez /pʁɔv.ne/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of être + past participle	—	simple imperative of être + past participle	simple imperative of être + past participle	—
¹ The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
² In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

provenance

Ladino

Etymology

Derived from Latin prōvenīre (“originate, arise”).

Verb

provenir (Hebrew spelling פרוב׳יניר)^[1]

(intransitive) to originate (from); to stem (from)
- 2006, Matilda Koén-Sarano, Por el plazer de kontar‎^[1], page 221:
  Muestros platos, ke provienen de Espanya, de Turkía, de Gresia i de munchos otros lugares, por sus variedad i sus buena savor, pueden trankilamente entrar en los livros de rechetas de todo el mundo.
  Our dishes, which originate from Spain, Türkiye, Greece and many other places, can easily enter everybody's cookbooks because of their variety and good flavour.

Conjugation

conjugation of provenir

number		singular			plural
infinitive			provenir
gerund			proviniendo, provinyendo
participle			provenido, provinido
person		first person	second person	third person	first person	second person	third person
indicative		yo	tu	el eya	mozotros mozotras	vozotros vozotras	eyos eyas
	simple present	provengo	provyenes, provienes	provyene, proviene	provenimos, provinimos	provenísh provinish	provyenen, provienen
	imperfect	proveniya, proviniya	proveniyas, proviniyas	proveniya, proviniya	proveniyamos, proviniyamos	proveniyash, proviniyash	proveniyan, proviniyan
	preterite	provine	provinites	provino	provinimos	provinitesh	provinyeron, provinieron
	future	provendré	provendrás	provendrá	provendremos	provendrash	provendrán
	conditional	provendriya	provendriyas	provendriya	provendriyamos	provendriyash	provendriyan
subjunctive		yo	tu	el eya	mozotros mozotras	vozotros vozotras	eyos eyas
	present	provenga	provengas	provenga	provengamos	provengásh	provengan
	past	provinyera, proviniera	provinyeras, provinieras	provinyera, proviniera	provinyéramos, proviniéramos	provinyerash, provinierash	provinyeran, provinieran
imperative		—		—	—		—
	affirmative	(provenga)	proven	(provenga)	(provengamos)	proveni, provini, provenid, provinid	(provengan)
	negativo	(no provenga)	no provengas	(no provenga)	(no provengamos)	no provengásh	(no provengan)

Related terms

References

^ “provenir”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasury of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *pér

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *pró

Proto-Indo-European *pro-

Proto-Italic *pro-

Latin prō-

Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti

Proto-Italic *gʷəniō

Latin veniō

Latin prōvenīreder.

Spanish provenir

Derived from Latin prōvenīre (“originate, arise”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɾobeˈniɾ/ [pɾo.β̞eˈniɾ]
Rhymes: -iɾ
Syllabification: pro‧ve‧nir

Verb

provenir (first-person singular present provengo, first-person singular preterite provine, past participle provenido)

originate, arise (from)
Synonym: originar

Conjugation

Conjugation of provenir (irregular; e-ie-i alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			provenir
gerund			proviniendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		provenido		provenida
		plural		provenidos		provenidas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	provengo	provienes^{^tú} provenís^{^vos}	proviene	provenimos	provenís	provienen
	imperfect	provenía	provenías	provenía	proveníamos	proveníais	provenían
	preterite	provine	proviniste	provino	provinimos	provinisteis	provinieron
	future	provendré	provendrás	provendrá	provendremos	provendréis	provendrán
	conditional	provendría	provendrías	provendría	provendríamos	provendríais	provendrían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	provenga	provengas^{^tú} provengás^{^vos²}	provenga	provengamos	provengáis	provengan
	imperfect (ra)	proviniera	provinieras	proviniera	proviniéramos	provinierais	provinieran
	imperfect (se)	proviniese	provinieses	proviniese	proviniésemos	provinieseis	proviniesen
	future¹	proviniere	provinieres	proviniere	proviniéremos	proviniereis	provinieren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		provén^{^tú} provení^{^vos}	provenga	provengamos	provenid	provengan
	negative		no provengas	no provenga	no provengamos	no provengáis	no provengan

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms of provenir (irregular; e-ie-i alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive provenir	dative	provenirme	provenirte	provenirle, provenirse	provenirnos	proveniros	provenirles, provenirse
with infinitive provenir	accusative	provenirme	provenirte	provenirlo, provenirla, provenirse	provenirnos	proveniros	provenirlos, provenirlas, provenirse

with gerund proviniendo	dative	proviniéndome	proviniéndote	proviniéndole, proviniéndose	proviniéndonos	proviniéndoos	proviniéndoles, proviniéndose
with gerund proviniendo	accusative	proviniéndome	proviniéndote	proviniéndolo, proviniéndola, proviniéndose	proviniéndonos	proviniéndoos	proviniéndolos, proviniéndolas, proviniéndose

with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative provén	dative	provenme	provente	provenle	provennos	not used	provenles
	accusative	provenme	provente	provenlo, provenla	provennos	not used	provenlos, provenlas

with informal second-person singular voseo imperative provení	dative	provenime	provenite	provenile	proveninos	not used	proveniles
	accusative	provenime	provenite	provenilo, provenila	proveninos	not used	provenilos, provenilas

with formal second-person singular imperative provenga	dative	provéngame	not used	provéngale, provéngase	provénganos	not used	provéngales
with formal second-person singular imperative provenga	accusative	provéngame	not used	provéngalo, provéngala, provéngase	provénganos	not used	provéngalos, provéngalas

with first-person plural imperative provengamos	dative	not used	provengámoste	provengámosle	provengámonos	provengámoos	provengámosles
with first-person plural imperative provengamos	accusative	not used	provengámoste	provengámoslo, provengámosla	provengámonos	provengámoos	provengámoslos, provengámoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative provenid	dative	provenidme	not used	provenidle	provenidnos	proveníos	provenidles
with informal second-person plural imperative provenid	accusative	provenidme	not used	provenidlo, provenidla	provenidnos	proveníos	provenidlos, provenidlas

with formal second-person plural imperative provengan	dative	provénganme	not used	provénganle	provéngannos	not used	provénganles, provénganse
with formal second-person plural imperative provengan	accusative	provénganme	not used	provénganlo, provénganla	provéngannos	not used	provénganlos, provénganlas, provénganse

provenir

Catalan

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French

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Ladino

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Spanish

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