origin
//ˈɒɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒɪn//
formalForms
- Plural
- origins
Definitions
1.The beginning of something.
- The custom has its origin in ancient Greece.
- Scientists are studying the origin of the universe.
2.The source of a river, information, goods, etc.
3.The point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect.
4.The proximal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will not be moved by the action of that muscle.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2575
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
Etymology
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.