The article "Dt. Proviant: ein Pseudo-Italianismus" refutes the assumption in German lexicography that the word "Proviant" is borrowed from Italian. Instead, it is a Germanism of Italian. The word "Proviant" has its origin in Late Latin "provenda" and has numerous historical variants in German. The hypothesis of deriving it from Italian cannot be confirmed. Italian dictionaries consider "provianda" as a loanword from Germanic.