Synonyms for provenance
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
Place or source of origin.
Many supermarkets display the provenance of their food products.
Forms
- Plural
- provenances → birthplaces, cradles, proveniences, ancestries…
Example sentences
- cradle Look at the cute little baby sleeping in the cradle.
- birthplace England is the birthplace of the English language.
- ancestry She claims she has absolutely no Berber ancestry.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| provenance | rising | |
| cradle | rising | |
| birthplace | steady | |
| provenience | falling | |
| ancestry | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- cradle2
- 8 letters
- ancestry3
- 10 letters
- birthplace2
- 11 letters
- provenience4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cradle2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- provenance
- Italiano
- provenienza
- Español
- procedencia