provenance

noun /ˈpɹɒ.və.nəns/

1. Place or source of origin.

   countable, uncountable

   Many supermarkets display the provenance of their food products.

2. The place and time of origin of some artifact or other object. See Usage notes below.

   countable, uncountable

   This spear is of Viking provenance.

3. The history of ownership of a work of art.

   countable, uncountable

   The picture is of royal provenance.

4. The copy history of a piece of data, or the intermediate pieces of data used to compute a final data element, as in a database record or web site (data provenance).

   countable, uncountable

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French provenance (“origin”), from Middle French provenant, present participle of provenir (“come forth, arise”), from Latin provenio (“to come forth”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry provenance (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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