Meaning

1 senses

  1. To establish the provenance of something

Examples

4 sentences

  1. The word is of unclear provenance.

    mailohilohi · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. Who knows if they remember their provenance.

    anzart · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. Who knows if he remembers his provenance.

    anzart · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  4. The word's provenance is unclear.

    mailohilohi · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Origin

Borrowed from French provenance (“origin”), from Middle French provenant, present particip

Borrowed from French provenance (“origin”), from Middle French provenant, present participle of provenir (“come forth, arise”), from Latin provenio (“to come forth”).

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Forms

provenances, provenancing, provenanced, provenanced
Base formprovenance · to provenance
3rd person singularprovenances
Present participleprovenancing
Past simpleprovenanced
Past participleprovenanced

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyprovenance
he, she, itprovenances

Past simpleLesson

all personsprovenanced

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave provenanced
he, she, ithas provenanced

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill provenance

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
proudB1proudlyB2proveB1proverbB1proverbialC2
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