Provenance is the ORIGIN or SOURCE of something, and can also refer to its history or development. The term is often used in relation to artwork, antiques, and other valuable items. The crossword solutions for provenance are SOURCE (6 letters), DERIVATION (10 letters), INCEPTION (9 letters), ORIGIN (6 letters), and ANCESTRY (8 letters). SOURCE refers to the point of ORIGIN, DERIVATION is the process of coming from a SOURCE, INCEPTION is the beginning or start of something, ORIGIN is the place or circumstances in which something originated, and ANCESTRY is the line of descent from an ancestor.