> If I'm not wrong I think the command apt-cache policy <package> show
> the source it was installed from.

That command shows the sources each version is /available/ from, not
where it was installed from.

> If and only if the said package/version still exists in one of your
sources.

Some times, and only by coincidence.  That is not a reliable indicated
of whether such a package was installed from a particular source.

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