Etymology

provenience

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Today it means: source; findspot; origin Full definition →

Latin prōveniēns ← Proto-Italic *gʷəniō ← Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  4. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  5. Proto-Italic*pro-
  6. Latinprō-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*gʷem-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*gʷm̥yéti
  9. Proto-Italic*gʷəniō
  10. Latinveniō
  11. Latinprōveniō
  12. Latinprōveniēns
  13. English todayprovenience

Borrowed from Latin prōveniēns, present participle of prōvenīre (“to come up”); compare provene, provenient, and provenance.

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