Origin

Noun

 * 1) The beginning of something.
 * 2) The source of a river, information, goods, etc.
 * 3)  The point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect
 * 4)  The proximal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will not be moved by the action of that muscle.
 * 5)  an arbitrary point on the earth's surface, chosen as the zero for a system of coordinates.
 * 6)  ancestry

Synonyms

 * source
 * zero vector

Antonyms

 * insertion

Related terms

 * orient
 * original
 * originate
 * originator
 * origination

Adjectives for Origin
volcanic; unpolished; humble; supernatural; psychogenic; variant; remote; doubtful; genial; miraculous; accidental; bourgeois; genetic;  overseas;   subjective;  celestial; moral; racial; contractual; recent; classical; obscure; communal; antique; ultimate; legendary; fiery; modern; ignoble; common; recent; soulless; synthetic; childish; germinal; historical; illegitimate; plebeian; proximate; abnormal; evolutionary; medieval.

Verbs for Origin
ascribe—to; derive—from; mist—; outline —; owe—to; question—; reveal—; shroud— in; trace—; uncover—; —explains; —revolves about.

Thesaurus
A, alpha, ancestry, babyhood, base, basis, beginning, beginnings, birth, birthplace, blast-off, blood, childhood, commencement, comparative linguistics, conception, cradle, creation, cutting edge, dawn, dawning, derivation, descent, edge, eponymy, establishment, etymology, extraction, flying start, folk etymology, foundation, fount, fountain, fresh start, freshman year, genealogy, genesis, grass roots, head, heritage, historical linguistics, inauguration, inception, inchoation, incipience, incipiency, incunabula, infancy, institution, jump-off, kick-off, launch, launching, leading edge, lineage, maternity, nascence, nascency, nativity, new departure, oncoming, onset, opening, original, origination, origins, outbreak, outset, parentage, parturition, paternity, pedigree, pregnancy, provenance, provenience, radical, radix, rise, root, running start, semantic history, send-off, setting in motion, setting-up, source, square one, start, start-off, starting point, stem, stock, take-off, taproot, well, wellspring, whence, word history, youth

Etymology
< origine: <  origo: < oriri:; see orient.

Translations

 * Croatian:
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek: προέλευση
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Latvian: cilme
 * Mandarin:, 源頭,  源头,  起始


 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Volapük: rig


 * Croatian:, , izvorište
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: lähteet (of a river), alkuperä (of information etc.)
 * German:
 * Greek: προέλευση


 * Hungarian: forrás (of a river, information), származás (of goods etc)
 * Mandarin: 源頭, 源头,
 * Portuguese: origem, nascente (de um rio)
 * Russian:, , (origin of a river)
 * Swedish: ,


 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:


 * Mandarin: 原點, 原点
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: orijin


 * Arabic:
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * German:


 * Hungarian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:, härkomst


 * : 本源 (běnyuán)
 * : oorsprong
 * : origine
 * : Ursprung
 * : מקור
 * : origino
 * : origino


 * : origine
 * : 起源 (きげん, kigen), 原因 (げんいん, genin)
 * : 원천 (woncheon), 근원 (geunwon)
 * : frymþu
 * : istok, poreklo , postanak
 * : origen