Provenance
Pronunciation: /ˈprɑːvənəns/
Provenance (noun)
- The place or source where something originally comes from.
- The record of all previous owners of an object, especially a work of art.
Examples
- The provenance of the artifact was traced to ancient Egypt.
- Researchers studied the provenance of the rare gemstone.
Common collocations: trace the provenance, unknown provenance, provenance research, verify provenance, documented provenance