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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’.

   Scrabble Points: 7

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