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Uncommon
noun
•
Place
or
source
of
origin
.
•
In Archaeology:
The
place
and time of
origin
of some
artifact
or other
object
. See
Usage
note
below.
•
In Art:
The
history
of
ownership
of a
work of art
•
In Computing:
The
copy
history
of a piece
of data, or the
intermediate
pieces
of data
utilized
to
compute
a final
data element
,
as in
a
database
record
or
web site
(data
provenance
)
•
In Computing:
The
execution
history
of
compute
r
processes
which were
utilized
to
compute
a final
piece
of data (process
provenance
)
•
Background
;
history
;
place
of
origin
verb
•
To
establish
the
provenance
of something
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authenticity
authorship
validity
significance
historicity
lineage
traceability
etymology
identity
reliability
integrity
history
pedigree
veracity
uniqueness
legitimacy
authentication
nature
source
credibility
quality
existence
composition
originality
purity
truthfulness
preservation
freshness
genuineness
confidentiality
contents
correctness
content
legality
attribution
heritage
location
presence
transparency
genealogy
origination
meaning
completeness
documentation
record
identification
geography
chain of custody
country of origin
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Lineage
provenance
English
provenance
French
provenant
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
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