provenance

Noun

where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
Place or source of origin.
The place and time of origin of some artifact or other object. See Usage notes below.
The history of ownership of a work of art.
The copy history of a piece of data, or the intermediate pieces of data used to compute a final data element, as in a database record or web site (data provenance).
The execution history of computer processes which were used to compute a final piece of data (process provenance).
Background; history; place of origin.

Verb

To establish the provenance of something

Examples

Many supermarkets display the provenance of their food products.
The picture is of royal provenance.
This spear is of Viking provenance.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from French provenance (“origin”), from Middle French provenant, present participle of provenir (“come forth, arise”), from Latin provenio (“to come forth”).

Synonyms

birthplace, cradle, place of origin, provenience, ancestry

Scrabble Score: 17

provenance: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
provenance: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
provenance: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 22

provenance: valid Words With Friends Word