provenance

noun
🔊/ˈprɒvənəns/
🔊/ˈprɑːvənəns/
[uncountable, countable] (specialist)
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  1. the place that something originally came from原产地;发源地;起源;出处 synonym origin
    • All the furniture is of English provenance.所有这些家具都是英国货。🔊🔊
    • There's no proof about the provenance of the painting (= whether it is genuine or not).这幅画的真伪无法鉴别。🔊🔊
    Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French, from the verb provenir ‘come or stem from’, from Latin provenire, from pro- ‘forth’ + venire ‘come’.