origin

[Or·i*gin]

The point of attachment or end of a muscle which is fixed during contraction; -- in contradistinction to insertion.

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The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth.

Noun
properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins"

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the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero

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an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events

Noun
the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"

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the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "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"

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The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth.

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That from which anything primarily proceeds; the fountain; the spring; the cause; the occasion.

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The point of attachment or end of a muscle which is fixed during contraction; -- in contradistinction to insertion.


Origin

Or"i*gin , n. [F. origine, L. origo, -iginis, fr. oriri to rise, become visible; akin to Gr. to stir up, rouse, Skr. r, and perh. to E. run.] 1. The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth.
This mixed system of opinion and sentiment had its origin in the ancient chivalry.
2. That from which anything primarily proceeds; the fountain; the spring; the cause; the occasion. 3. (Anat.) The point of attachment or end of a muscle which is fixed during contraction; -- in contradistinction to insertion. Origin of co'94rdinate axes (Math.), the point where the axes intersect. See Note under Ordinate. Syn. -- Commencement; rise; source; spring; fountain; derivation; cause; root; foundation. -- Origin, Source. Origin denotes the rise or commencement of a thing; source presents itself under the image of a fountain flowing forth in a continuous stream of influences. The origin of moral evil has been much disputed, but no one can doubt that it is the source of most of the calamities of our race.
I think he would have set out just as he did, with the origin of ideas -- the proper starting point of a grammarian, who is to treat of their signs.
Famous Greece, That source of art and cultivated thought Which they to Rome, and Romans hither, brought.

The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth.

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Usage Examples

Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for cooperation with oneself.

I am sure my fellow-scientists will agree with me if I say that whatever we were able to achieve in our later years had its origin in the experiences of our youth and in the hopes and wishes which were formed before and during our time as students.

The origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover it is kept alive by hope and fear, by childish faith, and by cowardice.

A fly cannot go in unless it stops somewhere therefore weapons, fuel, food, money will not go to Afghanistan unless the neighbors of Afghanistan are working, are cooperating, either being themselves the origin or the transit.

Sabbath - a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh.

All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.

A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.

The positive testimony of history is that the State invariably had its origin in conquest and confiscation. No primitive State known to history originated in any other manner.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Once we got over the origin story, we could really delve deeper into their lives and characters and angst. So this movie actually has more heart, more humor.

All the works of man have their origin in creative fantasy. What right have we then to depreciate imagination.

Art owes its origin to Nature herself... this beautiful creation, the world, supplied the first model, while the original teacher was that divine intelligence which has not only made us superior to the other animals, but like God Himself, if I may venture to say it.

All riches have their origin in mind. Wealth is in ideas - not money.

Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin.

Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.

That means that every human being - without distinction of sex, age, race, skin color, language, religion, political view, or national or social origin - possesses an inalienable and untouchable dignity.

The origin of life is one of the great outstanding mysteries of science.

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