origin
pronunciation
How to pronounce origin in British English:
UK [ˈɒrɪdʒɪn]
How to pronounce origin in American English:
US [ˈɔːrɪdʒɪn]
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- Noun:
- the place where something begins, where it springs into being
- properties attributable to your ancestry
- an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
- the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero
- the descendants of one individual
Word Origin
- origin
- origin: [14] Etymologically, origin denotes literally an ‘arising’. The word was borrowed from Latin orīgō ‘source’, a derivative of the verb orīrī ‘rise’. This also produced English abort [16] (etymologically ‘be born badly’) and orient.=> abort, orient
- origin (n.)
- c. 1400, "ancestry, race," from Old French origine "origin, race," and directly from Latin originem (nominative origo) "a rise, commencement, beginning, source; descent, lineage, birth," from stem of oriri "to rise, become visible, appear" (see orchestra).
Antonym
Example
- 1. That 's why we dig the waterproof sol origin .
- 2. The origin of the corrosive culture was clear .
- 3. This is the origin of a corporate social responsibility movement that bernstein loathes .
- 4. Hong kong 's origin warehousing also illustrates the unrelenting pressure on the operators of the go-downs and other logistics facilities .
- 5. The origin of feathers is a mystery .