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provenience

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pro⋅ve⋅ni⋅ence

  [proh-vee-nee-uhns, -veen-yuhns]
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–noun
provenance; origin; source.
Origin:
1880–85; < L prōveni(ent)- (s. of prōveniēns, prp. of prōvenīre to come forth, arise) + -ence. See provenance
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pro·ve·nience   (prə-vēn'yəns, -vē'nē-əns)   
n.  A source or origin.

[Alteration of provenance.]
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