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Definitions for Origin

[1] something from which anything arises or is derived; source; fountainhead: to follow a stream to its origin.
[2] rise or derivation from a particular source: the origin of a word.
[3] the first stage of existence; beginning: the origin of Quakerism in America.
[4] ancestry; parentage; extraction: to be of Scottish origin.
[5] Anatomy . the point of derivation. the more fixed portion of a muscle.
[6] Mathematics . the point in a Cartesian coordinate system where the axes intersect. Also called pole. the point from which rays designating specific angles originate and are measured from in a polar coordinate system with no axes.
[7] a primary source; derivation
[8] the beginning of something; first stage or part
[9] (often plural) ancestry or parentage; birth; extraction
[10] anatomy the end of a muscle, opposite its point of insertion the beginning of a nerve or blood vessel or the site where it first starts to branch out
[11] maths the point of intersection of coordinate axes or planes the point whose coordinates are all zero See also pole 2 (def. 8)
[12] commerce the country from which a commodity or product originates shipment from origin

Words related to Origin

provenance, influence, element, motive, source, connection, ancestry, ancestor, root, genesis, birth, lineage, descent, embryo, producer, creator, spring, agent, seed, wellspring

Words nearby Origin

origami, origan, origanum, origanum oil, origen, origin, origin of species, the, origin story, original, original equipment manufacturer, original gum

Origin of Origin

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin orīgin- (stem of orīgō ) beginning, source, lineage, derivative of orīrī to rise; cf. orient

Word origin for Origin

C16: from French origine, from Latin orīgō beginning, birth, from orīrī to rise, spring from

Synonyms for Origin

ancestor, ancestry, connection, element, influence, motive, provenance, root, source, agent, antecedent, author, base, causality, causation, creator, derivation, determinant, egg, embryo, fountain, generator, germ, impulse, inception, inducement, inspiration, mainspring, nucleus, occasion, parent, parentage, principle, producer, progenitor, provenience, roots, seed, spring, stock, well, wellspring, horse's mouth