origin

/ˈɔɹədʒən/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. the place where something begins, where it springs into being
   “the Italian beginning of the Renaissance”
2. properties attributable to your ancestry
   “he comes from good origins”
3. an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
4. the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero
5. the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived
   “the rumor had its origin in idle gossip”
6. the descendants of one individual
   “his entire lineage has been warriors”

Synonyms for origin

• beginning
• root
• rootage
• source
• descent
• extraction
• origination
• inception
• lineage
• line
• line of descent
• bloodline
• blood line
• blood
• pedigree
• ancestry
• parentage
• stemma
• stock