1. The place where something begins, where it springs into being
   "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation";
   - beginning, root, rootage, source
    
2. The source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived
   "mineral origin"; "origin in sensation"; "the rumour had its origin in idle gossip"; "vegetable origins"
    
3. An event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
   "The origin of the project was marked by a kickoff meeting";
   - origination, inception
    
4. The point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero
   "In the Cartesian plane, the origin is represented by the point (0,0)"
    
5. Properties attributable to your ancestry
   "he comes from good origins";
   - descent, extraction
    
6. The hereditary derivation of an individual
   "His origin could be traced back to European nobility";
   - lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, parentage, stemma, stock

Derived forms: origins

Type of: ancestry, beginning, derivation, family tree, filiation, genealogy, intersection, lineage, point, source

Encyclopedia: Origin, Nature and History of Aegean civilization