provenir

/pɾobeˈniɾ/ · B1 · verb

originate, arise (from)

🌱 pro + venir = come forth; same root as English provenance

From Latin provenire: pro (forth) + venire (to come). Something that proviene de a place comes forth from it, and its provenance is where it came from. It conjugates like venir: provengo, proviene.

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