provenience : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: provenience	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for provenience
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
provenience n where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; "the birthplace of civilization" Synonym(s): birthplace, cradle, place of origin, provenance, provenience
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Provenience \Prove"nience\, 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[91]ology; as, the provenience of a patera.