English to English noun
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the place where something begins, where it springs into being |  | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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properties attributable to your ancestry |  | Example: he comes from good origins
source: wordnet30
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an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events |  | source: wordnet30
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the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero |  | source: wordnet30
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the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived |  | Example: the rumor had its origin in idle gossip vegetable origins mineral origin origin in sensation
source: wordnet30
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the descendants of one individual |  | Example: his entire lineage has been warriors
source: wordnet30
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The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth. |  | source: webster1913
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