Where does “provenance” come from?
Provenance comes from French provenance, from Middle French provenant and provenir, ultimately from Latin provenio and venio, tracing back to Proto-Indo-European roots gʷem- and pro-.
provenance (English): Place or source of origin; The place and time of...
Definitions
- Place or source of origin; The place and time of...
Ancestry of “provenance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | provenance | provenance, origin |
| 2 | Middle French | provenant | — |
| 3 | Middle French | provenir | come forth, arise |
| 4 | Latin | provenio | I come forth, originate, arise; I appear, come... |
| 5 | Latin | veniō | to come (to a place), come in, arrive, reach |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | gʷenjō | to come |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷm̥yéti | to come |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |