provenance

prov·e·nance  (prv-nns, -näns)

n.

1. Place of origin; derivation.

2.

a. The history of the ownership of an object, especially when documented or authenticated. Used of artworks, antiques, and books.

b. The records or documents authenticating such an object or the history of its ownership.

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[French, from provenant, present participle of provenir, to originate, from Old French, from Latin prvenre : pr-, forth; see pro-¹ + venre, to come; see g^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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provenance [ˈprɒvɪnəns] chiefly US, provenience [prəʊˈviːnɪəns]

n

(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) (Social Science / Archaeology) a place of origin, esp that of a work of art or archaeological specimen

[from French, from provenir, from Latin prōvenīre to originate, from venīre to come]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

provenance - where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; "the birthplace of civilization" place of origin, provenience, birthplace, cradle origin, source, root, rootage, beginning - the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root"

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provenance

noun origin, source, birthplace, derivation art treasures of indisputably Egyptian provenance

Translations

provenance [ˈprɒvɪnəns] N → procedencia f

provenance

n → Herkunft f, → Ursprung m; country of provenance → Herkunfts- or Ursprungsland nt

provenance [ˈprɒvɪnəns] n (frm) → provenienza, origine f