provenance

Speech parts

1. provenance - Noun

2. provenance - Verb

Meaning

where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

birthplace cradle provenience place of origin genesis dawn foundation radix fountainhead well home source beginning cause base
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Antonyms

death end effect close discontinuance stop
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Hypernyms

beginning source origin root rootage

Phrases with the word

provenance language word provenance

Examples

No lists of things to be done. The day providential to itself. The hour. There is no later. This is later. All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes. Cormac McCarthy

All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes. Cormac McCarthy

When I was a student, the laws of physics were regarded as completely off limits. The job of the scientist, we were told, is to discover the laws and apply them, not inquire into their provenance. Paul Davies

the birthplace of civilization Source: Internet

87 Sr/ 86 Sr ratios are commonly used to determine the likely provenance areas of sediment in natural systems, especially in marine and fluvial environments. Source: Internet

Adrian Edwards, head of printed heritage collections at the British Library, says provenance checks by purchasers were carried out much less stringently in decades gone by. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

proven proven approach proven remedy provenance language provenanced provenantial