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origin

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of origin

1 a point or place at which something is invented or provided

the origins of human language remain a matter of considerable debate

Synonyms of origin

cradle, font, fountain, fountainhead, root, seedbed, source, spring, well, wellspring

Words Related to origin

beginning, commencement, dawn, day one, genesis, get-go (also git-go), inception, incipience, incipiency, kickoff, launch, morning, nascence, nascency, onset, outset, start, threshold

baseline, first base, ground zero, square one

2 the source from which something grows or develops

the origin of the tradition of giving presents at Christmastime

Synonyms of origin

fountainhead, germ, root, seed, seedbed

Words Related to origin

font, fountain, spring, well, wellhead, wellspring

beginning, birth, commencement, dawn, genesis, inception, incipiency, launch, morning, onset, outset, start, threshold

creation, inauguration, origination

3 the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended

they could trace their origins back 15 generations

Synonyms of origin

ancestry, birth, blood, bloodline, breeding, descent, extraction, family tree, genealogy, line, lineage, parentage, pedigree, stock, strain

Words Related to origin

heredity, succession

kin, kindred, relations, relatives

Near Antonyms of origin

child, heir, inheritor, son, successor

Antonyms of origin

issue, posterity, progeny, seed

Synonym Discussion of origin

origin, source, inception, root mean the point at which something begins its course or existence. origin applies to the things or persons from which something is ultimately derived and often to the causes operating before the thing itself comes into being.

- an investigation into the origin of baseball

source applies more often to the point where something springs into being.

- the source of the Nile
- the source of recurrent trouble

inception stresses the beginning of something without implying causes.

- the business has been a success since its inception

root suggests a first, ultimate, or fundamental source often not easily discerned.

- the real root of the violence

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