Origin Definition
ôrə-jĭn, ŏr-
origins
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origins
A coming into existence or use; beginning.
Webster's New World
The point at which something comes into existence or from which it derives or is derived.
American Heritage Medicine
Parentage; birth; lineage.
Webster's New World
The fact of originating; rise or derivation.
The rumor had its origin in an impulsive remark.
American Heritage
That in which something has its beginning; source; root; cause.
Webster's New World
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Middle English origine ancestry from Latin orīgō orīgin- from orīrī to arise, be born er-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle English origine, from Latin origo (“beginning, source, birth, origin"), from oriri (“to rise"); see orient.
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