Associations to the word «Provenience»

Wiktionary

PROVENIENCE, noun. (archaeology) Source; origin.

Dictionary definition

PROVENIENCE, noun. Where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; "the birthplace of civilization".

Wise words

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates