Word

origin, n.
(origins)
freq. cnt. 16

the place where something begins, where it springs into being
<noun.location> freq. cnt.: 49 freq. cnt.: 34 freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

beginning origin root rootage source

sample sentences

"the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"
"Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"
"Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"
"communism's Russian root"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

originate

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

root

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

root

semantic pointers

hypernym

point

hyponym

derivation spring head, fountainhead, headspring headwater wellhead, wellspring jumping-off place, point of departure cradle, place of origin, provenance, birthplace, provenience home point source trail head, trailhead

properties attributable to your ancestry
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2

descent extraction origin

sample sentences

"he comes from good origins"

semantic pointers

hypernym

ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation

hyponym

full blood

the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

origin

semantic pointers

hypernym

intersection

an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
<noun.event> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

inception origin origination

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

originate originate originate

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

originate originate

semantic pointers

hypernym

beginning

hyponym

germination cause overture, prelude, preliminary emanation, rise, procession

the descendants of one individual
<noun.group> freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

ancestry blood blood line bloodline descent line line of descent lineage origin parentage pedigree stemma stock