Definition of origin

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Definition of origin

  • the descendants of one individual (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. ancestry
    2. blood
    3. blood line
    4. bloodline
    5. descent
    6. line
    7. line of descent
    8. lineage
    9. parentage
    10. pedigree
    11. stemma
    12. stock
  • the place where something begins, where it springs into being (noun)

    Examples

    1. Jupiter was the origin of the radiation

    Synonyms

    1. beginning
    2. root
    3. rootage
    4. source
  • properties attributable to your ancestry (noun)

    Examples

    1. he comes from good origins

    Synonyms

    1. descent
    2. extraction
  • an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. inception
    2. origination
  • the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero (noun)
  • the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived (noun)

    Examples

    1. the rumor had its origin in idle gossip
    2. vegetable origins
    3. mineral origin
    4. origin in sensation

See definition of origin in Merriam Webster