origin
UK/ˈɒɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒɪn//ˈoɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒɪn/
origin noun: the beginning of something.
Noun
origin (plural origins)
- The beginning of something.
- place of origin
- trace the origin of something
- Synonyms:
- beginning
- The source of a river, information, goods, etc.
- It is clear that the origin of the truth would be an admirable criterion of this sort, if only the various origins could be discriminated from one another from this point of view, and the history of dogmatic opinion shows that origin has always been a favorite test. Origin in immediate intuition...1902, William James, “Lecture I”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC
- Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – "profanity", "curses", "oaths" and "swearing" itself.2013 June 14, Sam Leith, “Where the profound meets the profane”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 37
- Synonyms:
- source
- The point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect.
- Synonyms:
- zero vector
- The proximal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will not be moved by the action of that muscle.
- An arbitrary point on Earth's surface, chosen as the zero for a system of coordinates.
- Ancestry.
Proper noun capitalized: Origin
Origin
- the State of Origin series (an annual best-of-three rugby league series between New South Wales and Queensland, nicknamed the "Blues" and the "Maroons", respectively)
origin meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
origin in Hindi
- beginning of something
- स्रोत srot, उद्गम udgam, प्रारंभ prārambh, आरंभ ārambh
- source of a river, information, goods, etc.
- उद्गम udgam
- ancestry
- मूल mūl
origin in Tamil
- துவக்கம், தோற்றம், தோற்றுவாய், பிறப்பிடம், பூர்வீகம்
origin in Marathi
- origin, source, root
- उगम ugam
- origin
- मूळ mūḷ
origin in Urdu
- beginning of something
- آغاز āġāz, اَصْل asl, جَذْر jazr
More languagesFewer languages
- origin in Bengali
- উৎপত্তিস্থল utpottisthol
- origin in Telugu
- మూలము mūlamu, సంభవము sambhavamu, మొత్త motta, పుట్టుక puṭṭuka
- origin in Malayalam
- ഉത്ഭവം utbhavaṁ, ഉറവിടം uṟaviṭaṁ
- origin in Kannada
- ಕಾರಣ kāraṇa
- origin in Punjabi
- ਜੜ੍ਹ jaṛh, ਇਬਤਿਦਾ ibtidā, مڈھ muḍḍh, ਮੁੱਢ muḍḍha
- origin in Gujarati
- ઉત્પત્તિ utpatti, મૂળ mūḷ
- origin in Odia
- ଉତ୍ପତ୍ତି, ମୂଳ
- origin in Sanskrit
- उद्भव udbhava, उत्पत्ति utpatti, आरम्भ ārambhá, जनिमन् jániman
- origin in Nepali
- उत्पत्ति, मूल
- origin in Tagalog
- mulâ, simulâ, pasimulâ, umpisá
- origin in Arabic
- مَنْشَأ manšaʔ, مَنْبَع manbaʕ, مَصْدَر maṣdar, اَصْل aṣl
- origin in Malay
- asal
- origin in Indonesian
- asal-usul, asal, sumber, origo
- origin in Thai
- กำเนิด gam-nə̀ət
- origin in Vietnamese
- nguồn gốc, gốc toạ độ
Examples of origin in a sentence
- The custom has its origin in ancient Greece.
- Scientists are studying the origin of the universe.
Synonyms of origin
Antonyms
Forms of origin
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Origin of origin
From Middle English origine, origyne, from Old French origine, orine, ourine, from Latin orīgō (“beginning, source, birth, origin”), from orior (“to rise”); see orient. Doublet of origo.
Words formed from origin
Phrases with origin
Questions about origin
- What does origin mean?
- Origin means the beginning of something.
- What is origin in Hindi?
- Origin in Hindi is स्रोत (srot), उद्गम (udgam), प्रारंभ (prārambh). See Origin meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use origin in a sentence?
- The custom has its origin in ancient Greece.
- What part of speech is origin?
- Origin can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce origin?
- Origin is pronounced /ˈɒɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒɪn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of origin?
- The plural of origin is origins.
Words near origin in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: origin (page history and authors); Origin (page history and authors); origin (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); उगम (Marathi) (page history and authors); అడంగు (Telugu) (page history and authors); ಕಾರಣ (Kannada) (page history and authors); مڈھ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ઉત્પત્તિ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); origin (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); आगम (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); origin (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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