provenance
noun /ˈprɒvənəns/
/ˈprɑːvənəns/
[uncountable, countable] (specialist)- the place that something originally came from
synonym origin原产地;发源地;起源;出处 - All the furniture is of English provenance.
所有这些家具都是英国货。 - There's no proof about the provenance of the painting (= whether it is genuine or not).
这幅画的真伪无法鉴别。
词源late 18th cent.: from French, from the verb provenir ‘come or stem from’, from Latin provenire, from pro- ‘forth’ + venire ‘come’. - All the furniture is of English provenance.