Provenance

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Origin; source; provenience. Their age attested by their provenance and associations. - A. H. Keane.

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provenance - where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; "the birthplace of civilization" Synonyms: place of origin, birthplace, cradle

beginning, commencement, conception, derivation, fountain, genesis, grass roots, head, inception, origin, original, origination, provenience, radical, radix, rise, root, source, stem, stock, taproot, well, wellspring, whence