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provenance definition

prov·enance (präv′ə nəns)

noun

origin; derivation; source

Etymology: Fr < provenir < L provenire, to come forth < pro-, forth + venire, to come

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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