Word of the Week for the week of December 25, 2016

Provenance

Meaning & Usage

noun place of origin or earliest known history.

At this moment, I don't think I'll mention Kairos's mysterious reference to a provenance that is actually 1,500 years in the future.

Origin

From Latin provenire "come forth, originate, appear, arise," from pro- "forth" + venire "to come".

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