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origin [n]
 
1)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"
    Synonyms :beginning root rootage source 
    See Also: point  root  originate  derivation  spring  fountainhead  headwaters  wellhead  jumping-off_place  birthplace  home  point_source  trail_head 
 
2)properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins"
    Synonyms :descent extraction 
    See Also: ancestry  full_blood 
 
3)an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
    Synonyms :inception origination 
    See Also: beginning  originate  arise  initiate  germination  cause  overture  emanation 
 
4)the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero
    Synonyms :
    See Also: intersection 
 
5)the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"
    Synonyms :ancestry blood blood_line bloodline descent line line_of_descent lineage parentage pedigree stemma stock 
    See Also: family_tree  bring_up  come  family  breed  side 
 



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