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provenance

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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.
[French, from provenant, present participle of provenir, to originate, from Old French, from Latin prvenre : pr-, forth; see pro-1 + venre, to come; see gw- in Indo-European roots.]
provenance [prov-in-anss]
Noun
a place of origin [French]
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Noun1.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"
provenance
noun origin, source, birthplace, derivation
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