origin

Meanings

• the place where something begins, where it springs into being
  • "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"
• properties attributable to your ancestry
  • "he comes from good origins"
• an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
• the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero
• the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived
  • "the rumor had its origin in idle gossip"
  • "vegetable origins"
  • "mineral origin"
  • "origin in sensation"
• the descendants of one individual

Synonyms

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