The Collaborative International Dictionary
Provenience \Pro*ve"ni*ence\, n. [L. proveniens, -entis, p.pr. of provenire to come forth; pro forth + venire to come.] Origin; source; place where found or produced; provenance; -- used esp. in the fine arts and in arch[ae]ology; as, the provenience of a patera.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1881, a Latinization of provenance, or else from Latin provenientem (nominative proveniens), present participle of provenire "come forth" (see provenance). "Preferred to PROVENANCE by those who object to the French form of the latter" [OED].
Wiktionary
n. (context archaeology English) Source; origin.
Usage examples of "provenience".
I watched as she marked the canister with the provenience and decided to bring up her argument with Neal.
Left it to the Museum, but none of the stuff had any provenience and was full of fakes, so they stuck it down here.
In archaeology, we consider the provenance, or provenience, of an artifact to be the find spot.
On the upper shelf a battery of jamjars (empty) of various sizes and proveniences.