'Provenance' definitions:
Definition of 'provenance'
(from WordNet)
noun
Where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; "the birthplace of civilization" [syn: birthplace, cradle, place of origin, provenance, provenience]
Definition of 'Provenance'
From: 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.]
Synonyms of 'provenance'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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