Provenance Definition

prŏvə-nəns, -näns
noun
Origin; derivation; source.
Webster's New World
The history of the ownership of an object, especially when documented or authenticated. Used of artworks, antiques, and books.
American Heritage
The records or documents authenticating such an object or the history of its ownership.
American Heritage
(computing) The copy history of a piece of data, or the intermediate pieces of data utilized to compute a final data element, as in a database record or web site (data provenance)
Wiktionary
(computing) The execution history of computer processes which were utilized to compute a final piece of data (process provenance)
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Provenance

Noun

Singular:
provenance
Plural:
provenances

Origin of Provenance

  • French from provenant present participle of provenir to originate from Old French from Latin prōvenīre prō- forth pro–1 venīre to come gwā- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French provenance (“origin"), from Middle French provenant, present participle of provenir (“come forth, arise"), from Latin provenio (“to come forth").

    From Wiktionary

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