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1. (n.) origin
something from which anything arises or is derived; source.
2. origin
rise or derivation from a particular source:
the origin of a word.
3. origin
the first stage of existence; beginning.
4. origin
ancestry; parentage:
of Scottish origin.
5. origin
Anat.
6. origin
the point of derivation.
7. origin
the more fixed portion of a muscle.
8. origin
Math.
9. origin
the point in a Cartesian coordinate system where the axes intersect.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L orīgin- (s. of orīgō) beginning, source, lineage, der. of orīrī to rise; cf. orient)
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1. (noun) beginning, origin, root, rootage, source
the place where something begins, where it springs into being
"the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root"
2. (noun) origin, descent, extraction
properties attributable to your ancestry
"he comes from good origins"
3. (noun) origin, origination, inception
an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
4. (noun) origin
the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero
5. (noun) origin
the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived
"the rumor had its origin in idle gossip"; "vegetable origins"; "mineral origin"; "origin in sensation"
6. (noun) lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock
the descendants of one individual
"his entire lineage has been warriors"
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1. (noun) origin
the source or cause of sth
What is the origin of this word?
2. origin
sb's race or family background
He's of Eastern European origin.; sb's ethnic origin
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Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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1. origin
Beginning point of a deployment where unit or non-unit-related cargo or personnel are located.
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Sense: the place or point from which anything first comes; the cause
the origin(s) of the English language; the origin of the disagreement.
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 Afrikaans: oorsprong, begin |
 Arabic: أصْل، سَبَب |
 Bulgarian: произход |
 Brazilian: origem |
 Czech: původ, vznik |
 German: der Ursprung |
 Danish: opståen; oprindelse |
 Greek: καταγωγή, προέλευση |
 Spanish: origen |
 Estonian: päritolu |
 Farsi: مبداء؛ اصل |
 Finnish: alkuperä |
 French: origine |
 Hebrew: מָקוֹר |
 Hindi: मूल |
 Croatian: podrijetlo |
 Hungarian: eredet |
 Indonesian: asal |
 Icelandic: uppruni |
 Italian: origine |
 Japanese: 起源 |
 Korean: 기원 |
 Lithuanian: kilmė, pradžia, ištaka |
 Latvian: izcelšanās; izcelsme; sāk |
 Malay: asal; punca |
 Dutch: oorspronkelijk |
 Norwegian: opphav, kilde, opprinnels |
 Polish: początek, pochodzenie |
 Persian: مبداء؛ اصل |
 Pashto: نژاد، اصل |
 Portuguese: origem |
 Romanian: origine |
 Russian: начало; причина |
 Slovak: pôvod; prameň |
 Slovenian: izvor |
 Serbian: poreklo |
 Swedish: ursprung |
 Thai: ที่มา |
 Turkish: kaynak |
 Taiwanese: 起源 |
 Ukrainian: походження; джерело |
 Urdu: اصل، جڑ |
 Vietnamese: nguồn gốc |
 Chinese: 起源 |
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