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provenience en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /pɹə-/ (General-American)
  • /pɹoʊˈvinjən(t)s/ (General-American)
  • /pɹə(ʊ)ˈviːni.ən(t)s/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /pɹə(ʊ)ˈviːnjən(t)s/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /pɹoʊˈvini.ən(t)s/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti Proto-Italic *gʷəniō Latin veniō Latin prōveniō Latin prōveniēnsbor. English provenience Borrowed from Latin prōveniēns, present participle of prōvenīre (“to come up”); compare provene, provenient, and provenance.

Meanings

  1. source; findspot; origin
  2. (qualifier:more loosely; outside of archaeology; more loosely; outside of archaeology) provenance, history

Forms

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Relateds

unprovenienced

Translations (6)

pam pibatan (source, origin) · ru исто́чник (source, origin) · fi provenienssi (source, origin) · pam penibatan (source, origin) · pam ibatan (source, origin) · fi alkuperä (source, origin)