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origin Definition
(n)
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
"
(n)
properties
attributable
to
your
ancestry
; "
he
comes
from
good
origins
"
(n)
an
event
that
is
a
beginning
;
a
first
part
or
stage
of
subsequent
events
(n)
the
point
of
intersection
of
coordinate
axes
;
where
the
values
of
the
coordinates
are
all
zero
(n)
the
descendants
of
one
individual
; "
his
entire
lineage
has
been
warriors
"
origin Synonyms
ancestry
beginning
blood
blood line
bloodline
descent
extraction
inception
line
line of descent
lineage
origin
origination
parentage
pedigree
root
rootage
source
stemma
stock
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