provenance
n[U]
(fml 文) (place of) origin 起源; 出处
the provenance of the word 该词的来源
antique furniture of doubtful provenance, eg that may not be genuinely antique 出处不明的古董家具(如可能是假古董).
I'd like to make an overseas call to Taibei, Taiwan by collect call.
我要打对方付费的电话到台湾的台北。
However, he had at last been allowed to send a fax in which he informed the editor that the he had been arrested while counting the 1,084 steps leading to the fifteen-foot wall which surrounded the president's palace.