provenance
noun
[ ˈprɒv(ə)nəns ]
• the place of origin or earliest known history of something.
• "an orange rug of Iranian provenance"
Similar:
origin,
source,
place of origin,
birthplace,
spring,
wellspring,
fount,
roots,
history,
pedigree,
derivation,
root,
etymology,
provenience,
radix,
Origin:
late 18th century: from French, from the verb provenir ‘come or stem from’, from Latin provenire, from pro- ‘forth’ + venire ‘come’.
