origin

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The point or moment at which something begins.

   The custom has its origin in ancient times.

2. 2
   noun

   The place or background that a person or family comes from.

   She is proud of her Irish origins.

3. 3
   noun

   In mathematics, the point where the axes of a graph meet.

   The line passes through the origin of the graph.

From Middle English origine, origyne, from Old French origine, orine, ourine, from Latin orīgō (“beginning, source, birth, origin”), from orior (“to rise”); see orient. Doublet of origo.

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