origin
noun
- 1
properties attributable to your ancestry
he comes from good origins
- 2
the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero
- 3
an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
- 4
the descendants of one individual
his entire lineage has been warriors
- 5
the place where something begins, where it springs into being
the Italian beginning of the Renaissance
Jupiter was the origin of the radiation
- 6
the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived
the rumor had its origin in idle gossip
vegetable origins
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