| NOUN | location | origin, beginning, root, rootage, source | the place where something begins, where it springs into being |
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| attribute | origin, descent, extraction | properties attributable to your ancestry | |
| event | origin, origination, inception | an event that is a beginning | |
| cognition | origin | the point of intersection of coordinate axes | |
| process | origin | the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived | |
| group | origin, lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, parentage, stemma, stock | the descendants of one individual |
| Sounds | ao'rahjhahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | The place where something begins, where it springs into being. | |
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| Example | "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation" | |
| Synonyms | beginning, root, rootage, source | |
| Narrower | birthplace, cradle, place of origin, provenance, provenience | Where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence |
| derivation | The source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues) | |
| fountainhead, headspring, head | The source of water from which a stream arises | |
| headwater | The source of a river | |
| home | place where something began and flourished | |
| jumping-off place, point of departure | A place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched | |
| point source | A concentrated source (especially of radiation or pollution) that is spatially constricted | |
| spring | A point at which water issues forth | |
| trail head, trailhead | The beginning of a trail | |
| wellhead, wellspring | The source of water for a well | |
| Broader | point | The precise location of something |
| Spanish | fuente, germen, nacimiento, origen, principio, raíz, venero | |
| Catalan | arrel, germen, naixement, origen, procedència | |
| Verbs | originate | begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc. |
| Meaning | Properties attributable to your ancestry. | |
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| Example | "he comes from good origins" | |
| Synonyms | descent, extraction | |
| Narrower | full blood | descent from parents both of one pure breed |
| Broader | ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation | inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline |
| Spanish | ascendencia, cuna, extracción, origen | |
| Catalan | ascendència, cuna, origen | |
| Meaning | An event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events. | |
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| Synonyms | origination, inception | |
| Narrower | cause | events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something |
| emanation, rise, procession | (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost | |
| germination | The origin of some development | |
| preliminary, overture, prelude | Something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows | |
| Broader | beginning | The event consisting of the start of something |
| Spanish | comienzo, génesis, origen | |
| Catalan | començament, gènesi, inici, origen | |
| Adjectives | genetic | pertaining to or referring to origin |
| Verbs | originate | bring into being |
| originate | come into existence | |
| originate | begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc. | |
| Meaning | The point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero. | |
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| Broader | intersection | A point or set of points common to two or more geometric configurations |
| Meaning | The source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived. | |
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| Broader | source | (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system |
| Meaning | The descendants of one individual. | |
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| Synonyms | lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, parentage, stemma, stock | |
| Narrower | family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry | People descended from a common ancestor |
| side | A family line of descent | |
| Broader | genealogy, family tree | successive generations of kin |
| Spanish | abolengo, árbol genealógico, ascendencia, casta, descendencia, estirpe, linaje, línea de descendencia, línea de sangre, línea, origen, parentela, parentesco, pedigrí, saga, sangre | |
| Catalan | descendència, estirp, llinatge, nissaga, origen, pedigrí | |
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