provenance

prov·e·nance  (prv-nns, -näns)

n.

1. Place of origin; derivation.

2. Proof of authenticity or of past ownership. Used of art works and antiques.

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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 [prov-in-anss]

Noun

a place of origin [French]

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