Synonyms for provenience
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : proh-vee-nee-uh ns, -veen-yuh ns |
| Phonetic Transcription : proʊˈvi ni əns, -ˈvin yəns |
Top 10 synonyms for provenience Other synonyms for the word provenience
- creator
- derivation
- determinant
- egg
- element
- embryo
- fount
- fountain
- fountainhead
- generator
- germ
- horse's mouth
- impulse
- inception
- inducement
- influence
- inspiration
- mainspring
- mother
- motive
- nucleus
- occasion
- parent
- parentage
- principle
- producer
- progenitor
- provenance
- root
- roots
- rootstock
- seed
- source
- spring
- stock
- well
- wellspring
Définition of provenience
Origin :- 1881, a Latinization of provenance, or else from Latin provenientem (nominative proveniens), present participle of provenire "come forth" (see provenance). "Preferred to PROVENANCE by those who object to the French form of the latter" [OED].
- noun origin
- They were in the Forum, as the provenience of the inscription shows.
- Extract from : « A Study Of The Topography And Municipal History Of Praeneste » by Ralph Van Deman Magoffin
- The number assigned each specimen referred not only to its catalogue entry but also its provenience.
- Extract from : « The Topanga Culture Final Report on Excavations, 1948 » by A. E. Treganza
- From older (pre-1901) University collections, provenience and collector not recorded.
- Extract from : « Mohave Pottery » by Alfred L. Kroeber
- The methods of Futurism have their provenience in many preceding art movements.
- Extract from : « Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning » by Willard Huntington Wright
- Maeterlinck's speculations, despite their medieval provenience, have a practical orientation.
- Extract from : « Prophets of Dissent » by Otto Heller
- None of this material has provenience data, nearly all of it having turned up in the process of trenching.
- Extract from : « The Cultural History of Marlborough, Virginia » by C. Malcolm Watkins
Antonyms for provenience
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