origin (noun)
1origin — ► NOUN 1) the point where something begins or arises. 2) a person s social background or ancestry. 3) Mathematics a fixed point from which coordinates are measured. ORIGIN Latin origo, from oriri to rise …
2origin — noun 1 time/place/reason that sth starts ADJECTIVE ▪ common ▪ independent ▪ doubtful (esp. BrE), obscure, unknown ▪ a letter of doubtful origin …
3origin — I (ancestry) noun ancestral descent, birth, bloodline, derivation, descent, dynasty, extraction, family, filiation, genealogical tree, genealogy, heritage, kith and kin, line, line of ancestors, line of descent, lineage, origo, parentage,… …
4origin — noun 1) the origin of life Syn: beginning, start, commencement, origination, genesis, birth, dawning, dawn, emergence, creation, birthplace, cradle; source, basis, cause, root(s); formal radix 2) …
5origin — noun Etymology: Middle English origine, from Latin origin , origo, from oriri to rise more at orient Date: 15th century 1. ancestry, parentage 2. a. rise, beginning, or derivation from a source b. the point at which something begins or rises or… …
6noun — [naun] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Anglo French; Origin: name, noun , from Old French nom, from Latin nomen; NOMINAL] a word or group of words that represent a person (such as Michael , teacher or police officer ), a place (such as France or school ),… …
7origin — noun 1》 (also origins) the point where something begins or arises. ↘a person s social background or ancestry. 2》 Anatomy the more fixed end or attachment of a muscle. 3》 Mathematics a fixed point from which coordinates are measured. Origin… …
8origin — noun 1 also origins (plural) the situation, place, or physical matter from which something begins (+ of): the origins of language | have your/its origin in sth (=begin in a particular place, situation etc): Many of the problems had their origin… …
9noun — ► NOUN Grammar ▪ a word (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things (common noun) , or to name a particular one of these (proper noun) . ORIGIN Old French, from Latin nomen name …
10noun — Grammar a word (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things (common noun), or to name a particular one of these (proper noun). Derivatives nounal adjective Origin ME: from Anglo Norman Fr., from L. nomen… …
