origin

1. n. The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth. Source: opted

2. n. That from which anything primarily proceeds; the fountain; the spring; the cause; the occasion. Source: opted

3. n. The point of attachment or end of a muscle which is fixed during contraction; -- in contradistinction to insertion. Source: opted

4. n. the place where something begins, where it springs into being Source: wordnet

5. n. properties attributable to your ancestry Source: wordnet

6. n. an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events Source: wordnet

7. n. the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero Source: wordnet

8. n. the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived Source: wordnet

9. n. the hereditary derivation of an individual Source: wordnet

10. 1. The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth. This mixed system of opinion and sentiment had its origin in the ancient chivalry. Burke. 2. That from which anything primarily proceeds; the fountain; the spring; the cause; the occasion. 3. (Anat.) The point of attachment or end of a muscle which is fixed during contraction; -- in contradistinction to insertion. Origin of coördinate axes (Math.), the point where the axes intersect. See Note under Ordinate. Syn. -- Commencement; rise; source; spring; fountain; derivation; cause; root; foundation. -- Origin, Source. Origin denotes the rise or commencement of a thing; source presents itself under the image of a fountain flowing forth in a continuous stream of influences. The origin of moral evil has been much disputed, but no one can doubt that it is the source of most of the calamities of our race. I think he would have set out just as he did, with the origin of ideas -- the proper starting point of a grammarian, who is to treat of their signs. Tooke. Famous Greece, That source of art and cultivated thought Which they to Rome, and Romans hither, brought. Waller. Source: webster

11. The point of attachment or end of a muscle which is fixedduring contraction; -- in contradistinction to insertion. Origin ofcoördinate axes (Math.), the point where the axes intersect. See Noteunder Ordinate. Source: adambom

12. n:100 n. properties attributable to your ancestry n. an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events n. the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero n. the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived Source: ecdict

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