Provenance \Prov"e*nance\, n. [F., fr. provenir to originate, to
come forth, L. provenire. Cf. Provenience.]
Origin; source; provenience.
Their age attested by their provenance and
associations. --A. H. Keane.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
provenance
n : where something originated or was nurtured in its early
existence; "the birthplace of civilization" [syn: birthplace,
cradle, place of origin]
WordNet (r) 2.0
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "provenance":
beginning, commencement, conception, derivation, fountain, genesis,
grass roots, head, inception, origin, original, origination,
provenience, radical, radix, rise, root, source, stem, stock,
taproot, well, wellspring, whence
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
birthplace, cradle, place of origin
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