provenance
/ˈpɹɒ.və.nəns/noun
High School
1
Place or source of origin.
2
The place and time of origin of some artifact or other object. See Usage notes below.
3
The history of ownership of a work of art.
4
The copy history of a piece of data, or the intermediate pieces of data used to compute a final data element, as in a database record or web site (data provenance).
5
The execution history of computer processes which were used to compute a final piece of data (process provenance).
6
Background; history; place of origin.
Sound Patterns & Rhymes
Alliteration
Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)
Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing