Dictionary and Thesaurus

Definition of Origin

• (n.) The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth.
• (n.) That from which anything primarily proceeds; the fountain; the spring; the cause; the occasion.
• (n.) The point of attachment or end of a muscle which is fixed during contraction; -- in contradistinction to insertion.

Synonyms of Origin

• Beginning
• Root
• Rootage
• Source
• Descent
• Extraction
• Origination
• Inception
• Lineage
• Line
• Line Of Descent
• Descent
• Bloodline
• Blood Line
• Blood
• Pedigree
• Ancestry
• Parentage
• Stemma
• Stock

Antonyms of Origin

Homophones of Origin

• Origen