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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 See also 1.3.4 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English origine, from Latin origo.

[edit] Noun

origin (plural origins)

1. the source of a river, information, goods, etc.
2. (mathematics) The point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect
3. the beginning of something
4. (in plural) ancestry

[edit] Synonyms

• source

[edit] Related terms

• original

[edit] See also

• provenance

[edit] Translations

Arabic: اصل (’aʂl) m. Chinese: 起源 (qǐyuán), 本源 (běnyuán) Dutch: oorsprong m. Finnish: lähteet pl. (1, of a river), alkuperä (1, of information etc.), origo (2) French: origine f. German: Ursprung m. Greek: προέλευση f. Hungarian: eredet, származás Ido: origino

Italian: origine f. Japanese: 起源 (きげん, kigen), 原因 (げんいん, genin) Korean: 원천 (woncheon), 근원 (geunwon) Old English: frymþu f. Portuguese: origem f. Russian: происхождение (proisxoždénije) n., начало (načálo) n. (1,3), исток (istók) m. (origin of a river), источник (istóčnik) m. (1,3), начало координат (načálo koordinát) n. (2) Serbian: istok m., poreklo n., postanak m. Spanish: origen m. Swedish: ursprung c., origo n.