origin

 
Pronunciation: /ˈɒrɪdʒɪn/

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.

Origin:

early 16th century: from French origine, from Latin origo, origin-, from oriri 'to rise'