origin
(noun)
noun
1. the place where something begins, where it springs into being
- Jupiter was the origin of the radiation
Similar word(s): beginning, root, rootage, source
Definition categories: location, point
2. properties attributable to your ancestry
- he comes from good origins
Similar word(s): descent, extraction
Definition categories: attribute, ancestry, derivation, filiation, lineage
3. an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
Similar word(s): inception, origination
Definition categories: event, beginning
4. the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero
Definition categories: thought, intersection
5. the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived
- the rumor had its origin in idle gossip
- vegetable origins
- mineral origin
Definition categories: process, source
6. the descendants of one individual
Similar word(s): ancestry, blood, bloodline, descent, line, lineage, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock