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1. A point of origination: beginning, derivation, fount, fountain, fountainhead, mother, parent, provenance, provenience, root¹, rootstock, source, spring, well¹. See start/end.
2. The initial stage of a developmental process: beginning, birth, commencement, dawn, genesis, inception, nascence, nascency, onset, opening, outset, spring, start. See start/end.
3. One's ancestors or their character or one's ancestral derivation: ancestry, birth, blood, bloodline, descent, extraction, family, genealogy, line, lineage, parentage, pedigree, seed, stock. See kin, precede/follow.

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Definition: beginning, inception
Antonyms: close, completion, conclusion, death, end, finale, termination

n

Definition: cause, basis
Antonyms: consequence, destiny, effect, end, goal, outcome, outgrowth, result

1. The attachment point of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during the action of the main muscle; it is usually proximal to the insertion.

2. A point at which a blood vessel or nerve branches from a vessel or nerve.

(DOD) Beginning point of a deployment where unit or non-unit-related cargo or personnel are located.

IN BRIEF: The beginning of something's existence.

What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing about the origin and destiny of cats? — Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), American philosopher and naturalist, author of Walden.

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(in mathematics) the point of intersection of a set of (usually two or three) coordinate axes; the point whose coordinates are all zero.
—original adj.

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1. the source or beginning of anything before which there is nothing.
2. In statistical terms expressed by the equation x = y = 0.
3. In anatomy the more fixed end or attachment of a muscle or the end closer to the trunk (as distinguished from its insertion), or the site of emergence of a peripheral nerve from the central nervous system.

For a list of words related to origin, see:

• Quantities, Relationships, and Operations - origin: point of intersection in coordinate system, esp. x-axis and y-axis system
• Kinship and Ancestry - origin: ancestry; parentage

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Common misspelling(s) of origin

• orgin

Dansk (Danish)
n. - oprindelse, kilde, herkomst, begyndelsespunkt, udspring

Nederlands (Dutch)
oorsprong, beginpunt, bakermat, afkomst, komaf, aanhechtingspunt van spier

Français (French)
n. - (gén) origine, provenance

Deutsch (German)
n. - Ursprung, Entstehung, Herkunft, Abstammung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αρχή, γένεση, δημιουργία, οικογενειακή καταγωγή, αφετηρία, πηγή (προέλευσης), φύτρα, (ανατ.) έκφυση

Italiano (Italian)
origine, sorgente, fonte, culla, estrazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - origem (f)

Русский (Russian)
происхождение, источник, исходный пункт, начало координат

Español (Spanish)
n. - origen, cuna, descendencia, procedencia

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ursprung, härkomst, upphov

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
起源, 起因, 由来, 出身

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 起源, 起因, 由來, 出身

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 기원, 가문, 원점, 착점

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 発端, 起源, 原因, 素姓, 生まれ, 発生

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مصدر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מקור, מוצא של אדם, נקודת-התחלה, מקום ההסתעפות של עורקים ועצבים, מקום החיבור של שריר, ציר של קואורדינטות‬

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