origin

IPA: ˈɔrʌdʒʌn

The beginning of something.
The source of a river, information, goods, etc.
(mathematics) The point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect.
(anatomy) The proximal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will not be moved by the action of that muscle.
(cartography) An arbitrary point on Earth's surface, chosen as the zero for a system of coordinates.
(in the plural) Ancestry.

Examples of "origin" in Sentences

Misusing words of Latin origin is a common phenomenon.
I found that the origin comes from a Greek word, 'Imperium'.
Whether these skirts were Nguni rather than indigenous in origin is difficult to establish.
Covering his origin is all well and good, but there is much more to the hero than just a silver cloaked costume.
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Sante Maure, also French in origin, is an aged goat's milk cheese, or chevre, with a nutty flavor and aroma and a thin, smooth, blue-gray molding.
Also Middle Eastern in origin is shanklish (sometimes spelled shanclish) made with either cow's or sheep's milk, formed into balls about 2 ½ inches in diameter and covered with zatar seasoning made with crushed sesame seeds, thyme and sumac berries.