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originate verb [ əˈrɪdʒɪneɪt ]

• have a specified beginning.
• "the word originated as a marketing term"
Similar: arise, have its origin, derive, begin, start, stem, spring, emerge, develop, grow, rise, flow, emanate, issue,
Origin: mid 17th century: from medieval Latin originat- ‘caused to begin’, from Latin origo, origin- ‘source, origin’.


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