origin

noun

• 1 (also origins) the point or place where something begins, arises, or is derived:his theory of the origin of life the name is Norse in origin the terminology has its origins in America
• a person’s social background or ancestry:a family of peasant origin a voice that betrays his Welsh origins

• 2 Anatomy the more fixed end or attachment of a muscle.

• 3 Mathematics a fixed point from which coordinates are measured.