origin
The beginning of something.
Other meanings
The source of a river, information, goods, etc.
The point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect.
Related words
- interorigin
- originable
- originless
- preorigin
- cross-origin
- original
- originate
- originator
- origination
- origin story
- origin of coordinates
- same-origin policy
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "orīgō" (beginning, source, birth, origin).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “origin” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.