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。
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French, from the verb provenir ‘come or stem from’, from Latin provenire, from pro- ‘forth’ + venire ‘come’.