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   Or·i·gin

   /ˈôrəj(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. the point or place where something begins, arises, or is derived: "the name is Norse in origin" Similar beginningstartoriginationgenesisbirthdawningdawnemergenceinceptionlaunchcreationbirthplacecradleearly stagesconceptioninaugurationfoundationoutsetsourcebasisbasecauserootrootsspringmainspringwell headfountainheadfountainfountheadseatseedgermfons et origoformal:commencementliterary:wellspringrare:radixsourcederivationrootrootsprovenanceetymologyprovenienceOpposite endconclusiontermination
   • ▪ a person's social background or ancestry: "a voice that betrays his Southern origins" Similar descentancestryparentagepedigreelineagelineline of descentheritagebirthextractionbackgroundfamilystockbloodbloodlinegenealogybeginningsrare:filiationstirps
   • 2. the more fixed end or attachment of a muscle.
   • ▪ a place where a nerve or blood vessel begins or branches from a main nerve or blood vessel.
   • 3. a fixed point from which coordinates are measured, as where axes intersect.

   Word Origin early 16th century: from French origine, from Latin origo, origin-, from oriri ‘to rise’.

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   What does origin mean?

   • ORIGIN definition: 1. the beginning or cause of something: 2. used to describe the particular way in which something…. Learn more.

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   What does etymology mean?

   • The etymology of etymology itself is relatively straightforward. Etymon means "origin of a word" in Latin, and comes from the Greek word etymon, meaning "literal meaning of a word according to its origin." Greek etymon in turn comes from etymos, which means "true." Be careful not to confuse etymology with the similar-sounding entomology.

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   What do you mean by origin of a word?

   • rise or derivation from a particular source: the origin of a word. the first stage of existence; beginning: the origin of Quakerism in America. ancestry; parentage; extraction: to be of Scottish origin. Anatomy. the point of derivation. the more fixed portion of a muscle. Mathematics.

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   What is etymology in linguistics?

   • Etymology is that part of linguistics that studies word origins. English vocabulary words are formed from many different sources, especially Latin and Greek. By determining the origins of the morphemes in English words, one is better able to remember and determine the dictionary definitions of words.

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   The meaning of ORIGIN is ancestry, parentage. How to use origin in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Origin.

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   etymology: [noun] the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and ...

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   Origin definition: something from which anything arises or is derived; source; fountainhead. See examples of ORIGIN used in a sentence.

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   1. the prefix meta- comes from a Greek word meaning “beyond” or “change.”. 2. the root morph comes from a Greek word meaning “shape.”. 3. the suffix -osis comes from Greek as well, and means “state or process.”. So, the English word metamorphosis would etymologically have something to do with the “process of changing shape.”.

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   ETYMOLOGY definition: 1. the study of the origin and history of words, or a study of this type relating to one particular…. Learn more.

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   An origin is a start. You could say that the origin of yoga was in India, since that's where the practice began, or that the origin of the strawberries in the market is Mexico, since they were grown there.