Explanation and meaning of origin.

origin

/'ɔrɪdʒɪn/

noun
the descendants of one individual
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ancestry blood blood line bloodline descent line line of descent lineage parentage pedigree stemma stock

type of:
family tree genealogy
noun
the place where something begins, where it springs into being
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"Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"

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beginning root rootage source

type of:
point
noun
properties attributable to your ancestry
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"he comes from good origins"

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descent extraction

type of:
lineage filiation ancestry derivation
noun
an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
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inception origination

type of:
beginning
noun
the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero
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type of:
intersection
noun
the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived
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"the rumor had its origin in idle gossip" "vegetable origins" "mineral origin" "origin in sensation"

type of:
source

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