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for provenance
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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) 3.0 (2006) :
provenance
n 1: where something originated or was nurtured in its early
existence; "the birthplace of civilization" [syn:
birthplace, cradle, place of origin, provenance,
provenience]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
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
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