Provenance

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  provenance
       n : where something originated or was nurtured in its early
           existence; "the birthplace of civilization" [syn: {birthplace},
            {cradle}, {place of origin}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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