Where does “unprovenanced” come from?
unprovenanced (English) comes from English provenanced, from English provenance, from French provenance, from Middle French provenant, from Middle French provenir, from Latin provenio, from Latin veniō, from Proto-Italic gʷenjō — he, she.
unprovenanced (English): Lacking provenance; unknown source
Definitions
- Lacking provenance; unknown source
Ancestry of “unprovenanced”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | provenanced | Having a provenance; simple past tense and past... |
| 2 | English | provenance | Place or source of origin; The place and time of... |
| 3 | French | provenance | provenance, origin |
| 4 | Middle French | provenant | — |
| 5 | Middle French | provenir | come forth, arise |
| 6 | Latin | provenio | I come forth, originate, arise; I appear, come... |
| 7 | Latin | veniō | to come (to a place), come in, arrive, reach |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | gʷenjō | to come |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷm̥yéti | to come |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |