provenire

come from

verb proh-veh-NEE-reh Less Common

Origin: from Latin 'provenire', to come forth

Also means

originate

Usage Note

Provenire is a venire-pattern verb that takes essere in compound tenses (è provenuto) and is almost always followed by da: provenire da una buona famiglia. It is more formal than the everyday venire da.

Examples

"Questo vino proviene dalla Toscana."

Natural Translation

This wine comes from Tuscany.

Literal Translation

This wine comes from-the Tuscany.

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