Where does “unprovenienced” come from?
unprovenienced (English) comes from English provenience, from Latin proveniens, from Latin provenio, from Latin veniō, from Proto-Italic gʷenjō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷm̥yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
unprovenienced (English): Not having provenience: not having complete and fully ascertained information about origin, not even knowledge of the site in which an artifact was first found by archaeology (let alone any other aspect of its history)
Definitions
- Not having provenience: not having complete and fully ascertained information about origin, not even knowledge of the site in which an artifact was first found by archaeology (let alone any other aspect of its history)
Ancestry of “unprovenienced”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | provenience | Source; findspot; origin |
| 2 | Latin | proveniens | coming forth, originating, arising; appearing,... |
| 3 | Latin | provenio | I come forth, originate, arise; I appear, come... |
| 4 | Latin | veniō | to come (to a place), come in, arrive, reach |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | gʷenjō | to come |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷm̥yéti | to come |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |