provenance

Place of origin; derivation.

The history of the ownership of an object, especially when documented or authenticated. Used of artworks, antiques, and books.

The records or documents authenticating such an object or the history of its ownership.

Origin; source or quarter from which anything comes; provenience: especially in the sense of ‘place of manufacture, production, or discovery.’

Origin; source; provenience.

Place or source of origin.

The place and time of origin of some artifact or other object. See Usage note below.

The history of ownership of a work of art

The copy history of a piece of data, or the intermediate pieces of data utilized to compute a final data element, as in a database record or web site (data provenance)