[ awr-i-jin, or- ]
- something from which anything arises or is derived; source; fountainhead:
to follow a stream to its origin.
Synonyms: foundation, root
Antonyms: end, destination
- 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.
- the point of derivation.
- the more fixed portion of a muscle.
- the point in a Cartesian coordinate system where the axes intersect.
/ ˈɒrɪdʒɪn /
- a primary source; derivation
- the beginning of something; first stage or part
- often plural ancestry or parentage; birth; extraction
- the end of a muscle, opposite its point of insertion
- the beginning of a nerve or blood vessel or the site where it first starts to branch out
- the point of intersection of coordinate axes or planes
- commerce the country from which a commodity or product originates
shipment from origin
/ ôr′ə-jĭn /
- The point at which the axes of a Cartesian coordinate system intersect. The coordinates of the origin are (0,0) in two dimensions and (0,0,0) in three dimensions.
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
I think we can see Liz’s story is sort of an origin point for so many cultural themes today.
Its 2018 report, “Reclaiming Native Truth,” explored the perceptions that Americans have of Native people, the origins of those perceptions and the impact that the perceptions have on Native people, particularly children.
In speaking with Parents for Peace, however, she began to think more about the origins of his views.
The notion of centering my column on “new” revelations about the origins of the Pentagon Papers seemed to be collapsing.
The scenario involved one storm, with origins in the Pacific Ocean, that would race across the country, die out over Ohio, and then hand off its energy to a secondary storm developing off the Mid-Atlantic coast.
“The origin of Brokpas is lost in antiquity,” a research article from the University of Delhi notes.
Some of the more notorious “green on blue” attacks have their origin in such outraged honor.
Black Alice and Strix have origin stories that more closely resemble the archetypal comic heroes.
Just corporeal enough to attest humanity, yet sufficiently transparent to let the celestial origin shine through.
But not only has the name tobacco and the implements employed in its use caused much discussion but also the origin of the plant.
A marked increase indicates some pathologic condition at the site of their origin.
William King, archbishop of Dublin, died; author of a celebrated treatise on the origin of evil.