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Complete Definition of "origin"

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English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-origin.ogg|Audio (US)

Etymology
From ME. origine, from L. origo.

Noun
en-noun

  1. the source of a river, information, goods, etc.
  2. mathematics The point at which the axis|axes of a coordinate system intersect
  3. the beginning of something
  4. in plural ancestry

Synonyms
source

Related terms
original

See also
provenance

Translations

Arabic: Arab|اصل IPAchar|(’aʂl) m
Chinese: èµ·æº (qÇyuán), æœ¬æº (bÄ›nyuán)
Dutch: oorsprong m
Finnish: lähteet p (1, of a river), alkuperä (1, of information etc.), origo#Finnish|origo (2)
French: origine f
German: Ursprung m
Greek: Ï€Ïοέλευση f
Hungarian: eredet, származás
Ido: origino
mid
Italian: origine f
Japanese: èµ·æº (ãã’ã‚“, kigen), 原因 (ã’ã‚“ã„ã‚“, genin)
Korean: ì›ì²œ (woncheon), ê·¼ì› (geunwon)
Old English: frymþu f
Portuguese: origem f
Russian: проиÑхождение (proisxoždénije) n, начало (naÄálo) n (1,3), иÑток (istók) m (origin of a river), иÑточник (istóÄnik) m (1,3), начало координат (naÄálo koordinát) n (2)
Serbian: istok m, poreklo n, postanak m
Spanish: origen m
Swedish: ursprung c, origo n

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