'Provenience' definitions:
Definition of 'provenience'
(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 'Provenience'
From: GCIDE
- Provenience \Pro*ve"ni*ence\, n. [L. proveniens, -entis, p.pr. of provenire to come forth; pro forth + venire to come.] Origin; source; place where found or produced; provenance; -- used esp. in the fine arts and in arch[ae]ology; as, the provenience of a patera. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'provenience'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- afterlife,
- beginning,
- commencement,
- conception,
- derivation,
- following,
- fountain,
- future time,
- genesis,
- grass roots,
- hangover,
- head,
- inception,
- lateness,
- next life,
- origin,
- original,
- origination,
- postdate,
- postdating,
- posteriority,
- provenance,
- radical,
- radix,
- remainder,
- rise,
- root,
- sequence,
- source,
- stem,
- stock,
- subsequence,
- succession,
- supervenience,
- supervention,
- taproot,
- well,
- wellspring,
- whence