in origin
idiom
—used to refer to a source or cause
The English word "rendezvous" is French in origin.
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Yet another hypothesis suggests that organic molecules didn’t originate on Earth at all.
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Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025
However, the researchers are not yet ruling out the possibility that at least some of the water on Earth may be primordial in origin.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Related article Historic asteroid sample reveals the ‘building blocks of life are in fact extraterrestrial in origin,’ scientists say
If the missions don’t launch Saturday night as planned, multiple launch windows are available through April.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 8 Mar. 2025
There is, after all, a Taj Mahal in India made by Indians drawing on Hindu, pre-Islamic traditions and a Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem made by Christian artisans whose craft was Byzantine in origin.
—Kanan Makiya, Foreign Affairs, 14 Apr. 2011
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Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025
However, the researchers are not yet ruling out the possibility that at least some of the water on Earth may be primordial in origin.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Related article Historic asteroid sample reveals the ‘building blocks of life are in fact extraterrestrial in origin,’ scientists say
If the missions don’t launch Saturday night as planned, multiple launch windows are available through April.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 8 Mar. 2025
There is, after all, a Taj Mahal in India made by Indians drawing on Hindu, pre-Islamic traditions and a Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem made by Christian artisans whose craft was Byzantine in origin.
—Kanan Makiya, Foreign Affairs, 14 Apr. 2011
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“In origin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20origin. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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