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provenience
pro·ve·nience P0621300 (prə-vēn′yəns, -vē′nē-əns)n. A source or origin. [Alteration of provenance.]pro•ve•ni•ence (proʊˈvi ni əns, -ˈvin yəns) n. provenance; origin; source. [1880–85; < Latin prōveni(ent)-, s. of prōveniēns, present participle of prōvenīre to come forth, arise + -ence. See provenance] ThesaurusNoun | 1. | provenience - where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; "the birthplace of civilization"place of origin, provenance, birthplace, cradleorigin, 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" |
proveniencenounA point of origination:beginning, derivation, fount, fountain, fountainhead, mother, origin, parent, provenance, root, rootstock, source, spring, well. EncyclopediaSeeprovenanceprovenience
Synonyms for proveniencenoun a point of originationSynonyms- beginning
- derivation
- fount
- fountain
- fountainhead
- mother
- origin
- parent
- provenance
- root
- rootstock
- source
- spring
- well
Synonyms for proveniencenoun where something originated or was nurtured in its early existenceSynonyms- place of origin
- provenance
- birthplace
- cradle
Related Words- origin
- source
- root
- rootage
- beginning
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