What does origin mean?
Definitions for origin
ˈɔr ɪ dʒɪn, ˈɒr-ori·gin
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Princeton's WordNet
beginning, origin, root, rootage, sourcenoun
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"
origin, descent, extractionnoun
properties attributable to your ancestry
"he comes from good origins"
origin, origination, inceptionnoun
an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
originnoun
the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero
originnoun
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"
lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stocknoun
the descendants of one individual
"his entire lineage has been warriors"
Wiktionary
originnoun
The beginning of something.
originnoun
The source of a river, information, goods, etc.
originnoun
The point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect
originnoun
The proximal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will not be moved by the action of that muscle.
originnoun
an arbitrary point on the earth's surface, chosen as the zero for a system of coordinates.
originnoun
ancestry
Etymology: From origine, from origo, from oriri; see orient.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Origin, Originalnoun
Etymology: origine, Fr. origo, Lat.
The sacred historian only treats of the origins of terrestrial animals. Richard Bentley, Sermons.
Nature which contemns its origin,
Cannot be border’d certain in itself. William Shakespeare, King Lear.If any station upon earth be honourable, theirs was; and their posterity therefore have no reason to blush at the memory of such an original. Francis Atterbury.
Original of beings! pow’r divine!
Since that I live and that I think, is thine. Matthew Prior.These great orbs,
Primitive founts, and origins of light. Matthew Prior.Compare this translation with the original, and the three first stanzas are rendered almost word for word, and not only with the same elegance, but with the same turn of expression. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 229.
External material things, as the objects of sensation; and the operations of our minds within, as the objects of reflection; are the only originals from whence all our ideas take their beginnings. John Locke.
They, like the seed from which they sprung, accurst
Against the gods immortal hatred nurst;
An impious, arrogant, and cruel brood,
Expressing their original from blood. Dryden.
ChatGPT
origin
Origin is the point or place where something begins, arises, or is derived. It can also refer to the fixed point of reference in mathematical systems or a place where a person comes from.
Wikidata
Origin
In mathematics, the origin of a Euclidean space is a special point, usually denoted by the letter O, used as a fixed point of reference for the geometry of the surrounding space. In a Cartesian coordinate system, the origin is the point where the axes of the system intersect. In Euclidean geometry, the origin may be chosen freely as any convenient point of reference. The most common coordinate systems are two-dimensional and three-dimensional, composed of two and three perpendicular axes, respectively. The origin divides each of these axes into two halves, a positive and a negative semiaxis. Points can then be located with reference to the origin by giving their numerical coordinates—that is, the positions of their projections along each axis, either in the positive or negative direction. The coordinates of the origin are always all zero, for example in two dimensions and in three. The origin of the complex plane can be referred as the point where real axis and imaginary axis intersect each other. In other words, it is the point representing 0 + 0i.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Origin
or′i-jin, n. the rising or first existence of anything: that from which anything first proceeds: (math.) the fixed starting-point: cause: derivation.—adjs. Orig′inable; Orig′inal, pertaining to the origin or beginning: first in order or existence: in the author's own words or from the artist's own pencil: not copied: not translated: having the power to originate, as thought.—n. origin: first copy: the precise language used by a writer: an untranslated tongue: a person of marked individuality.—ns. Original′ity, Orig′inalness, quality or state of being original or of originating ideas.—adv. Orig′inally.—v.t. Orig′ināte, to give origin to: to bring into existence.—v.i. to have origin: to begin.—n. Originā′tion, act of originating or of coming into existence: mode of production.—adj. Orig′inātive, having power to originate or bring into existence.—n. Orig′inātor. [Fr. origine—L. origo, originis—orīri, to rise.]
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
origin
Beginning point of a deployment where unit or non-unit-related cargo or personnel are located.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
origin
Merchant ships claiming benefit for importation, must obtain and produce certificates of origin, in respect to the goods they claim for. (See PRODUCTION.)
Editors Contribution
origin
A point or location.
The origin of football is well known and understood.
Submitted by MaryC on March 9, 2020
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'origin' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3297
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'origin' in Nouns Frequency: #966
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Anagrams for origin »
nigori
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of origin in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of origin in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of origin in a Sentence
Superheroes, at their best, express America at its best, with Shang-Chi in particular, he is an immigrant. In the original origin story, he comes as an adult, and he really finds his identity apart from his family, he finds his identity as a superhero here in America.
It's for your benefit, learn the root, the origin of a word. If you go through this at an early age you will grow as an individual and succeed in life.
( These are) strong accusations against a public research laboratory in China and ca n’t stand alone without substantial evidence, hopefully they will share with the World Health Organization soon so the evidence can be known and assessed by international health experts just as all other evidence concerning the pandemic origin.
For companies with supply exposure to tariffs, they will move sourcing country of origin if they can; if they can't, they'll pass on as much of the tariff cost as they can, or see a cut in margins.
When you had Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin basically get up there and take civilians into space – and it might have only been an 11-minute ride, but you think about what could happen, there's so many ambitious goals that are coming out of these programs, and Time Magazine named Elon Musk the man of the year. And it's not just because of electric vehicles. … I think that it's much more about the vision and the pioneer spirit and the next frontier, which is space.
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- اصل, مصدر, منشأ, منبعArabic
- počátek, původ, vznik, pramenCzech
- Quelle, Herkunft, Entstehung, Ursprung, AnfangGerman
- προέλευσηGreek
- originoEsperanto
- origenSpanish
- lähteet, alkuperä, origoFinnish
- source, origineFrench
- orixeGalician
- मूलHindi
- orijin, sousHaitian Creole
- kezdet, származás, origó, forrás, eredetHungarian
- ծագումArmenian
- asal usul, asalIndonesian
- origineItalian
- 起源, 原因Japanese
- originemLatin
- cilmeLatvian
- afkomst, oorsprong, herkomstDutch
- utgangspunkt, opprinnelse, origoNorwegian
- pochodzeniePolish
- começo, nascente, origemPortuguese
- origină, origineRomanian
- нача́ло координа́т, исто́чник, исто́к, происхожде́ние, нача́лоRussian
- ìshodīšte, ìzvor, počétak, porijéklo, podrijétlo, vrȅlo, ìzvorīšteSerbo-Croatian
- origo, härkomst, källa, ursprungSwedish
- தோற்றம்Tamil
- แหล่งที่มาThai
- mulaTagalog
- köken, orijinTurkish
- اصلUrdu
- rigVolapük
- umsuka, umdabu, indabukoZulu
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