Origin

/ˈɒɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒɪn/

Synonyms for "origin" (245 found)

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Noun(25 words)

beginning inception root source zeroadvocate of utilitarianismalienation from peersancestors ancestries ancestry antecedent argyles backstories blanchard bloodblood linebloodlineborn ofbuilt fromcandace

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cause cerocircle centerconfusion cradles

aalpha ancestry author babyhood base basis beginning beginnings birth birthplaceblast offblast-off blood bottom cause childhood commencementcomparative linguisticsconception

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concoct core cradle

Verb(1 words)

cause vibration

Strong matches (74)

creationcutting edgedawn dawning derivation descent edge eponymy establishment etymology extractionflying startfolk etymologyfoundation fount fountain fountainheadfresh startfreshman yeargenealogy

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genesis germgrass rootshead heritagehistorical linguisticsinauguration inception inchoation incipience incipiency incunabula infancy

Noun(36 words)

creator culprit dawns derivation derivationsderived fromdescentdocument provenancedocument sourceemergence epoch ergon etiology etymology extraction fontfont relatedform of governmentfountainhead fountainheads

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fountsfrom recordsgenealogies geneses gringo harpies headspring headstream headwater headwaters hearthhistory of science curriculumhistory of the worldhome inceptionsinformation source

Adjective(3 words)

cultural origineuropean origingeographic origin

Preposition(2 words)

from historyfrom romania

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Noun(57 words)

initiolevel of regularitylineline of descentlineage mastermeasurement of changemozillanascent domainnativities obbligatoonset of illnessorigin of the internetorigin pointoriginationorigins of civilizationosteopathy outsets oxyura palmolive

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parentage pedigreepromotion of competitionprovenance racineroot causerootage rootstalk salvatore scratchsequence sourcessiring sourcesspanish causaspawn springs startingstarting positionstemma stocksubject of sentencesuppliers taprootsthe science of numberstheory of evolutiontheory of gravitytimes new roman typefacetrace sourceupstreamverb of creationwelching wellspring wellsprings woke womb wombszero output

institution jump-off kick-off launch launchingleading edgelineage maternity mother nascence nascency nativitynew departureoncoming onset opening original origination origins outbreak

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outset parent parentage parturition paternity pedigree pipeline pregnancy progenitor provenance provenience radical radix rise rootrunning startseedsemantic historysend offsend-offsetting in motionsetting-up source springsquare onestart start-offstarting pointstem stock take-off takeoff taproot vintage well wellspring whenceword historyyouth

Adjective(4 words)

kinetic energy from gravitylatin materiaproperrecorded history

Preposition(1 words)

of origin

Determiner(1 words)

the trivial point

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ancestry beginningcultural sourcederivation etymologyfamily treefiliation genealogy influence instance intersection lineage point sourcestarting pointstudy

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9 entries

Greek rootLatin rootOld English rootfirst chapterfolktale sourceopening sceneorigin mythprologueregional tradition

Collocations

5 entries

cultural originhistorical originliterary originorigin mythorigin story

Inflections

1 entries

origins

Derivations

5 entries

original originality originally originate originator

Sample sentences

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The origin of the fire is unknown.

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What is the origin of the universe?

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The origin of the universe will probably never be explained.

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Whatever the origin is, Valentine's Day has had a long and romantic history.

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