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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
provenance /ˈprɒv(ə)nəns/

▶noun

1 the place of origin or earliest known history of something.

2 a record of ownership of a work of art or an antique.

– origin C18: from Fr., from provenir ‘come from’.

'provenance' also found in these Oxford entries:

from - pedigree - provenience - unattributed

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