origin
noun
[ ˈɒrɪdʒɪn ]
• the point or place where something begins, arises, or is derived.
• "his theory of the origin of life"
Similar:
beginning,
start,
origination,
genesis,
birth,
dawning,
dawn,
emergence,
inception,
launch,
creation,
birthplace,
cradle,
early stages,
conception,
inauguration,
foundation,
outset,
source,
basis,
base,
cause,
root,
roots,
spring,
mainspring,
well head,
fountainhead,
fountain,
fount,
head,
seat,
seed,
germ,
fons et origo,
commencement,
wellspring,
radix,
derivation,
provenance,
etymology,
provenience,
• the more fixed end or attachment of a muscle.
• a fixed point from which coordinates are measured.
Origin:
early 16th century: from French origine, from Latin origo, origin-, from oriri ‘to rise’.
