origin

Meaning

1. The beginning of something.
2. The source of a river, information, goods, etc.
3. The point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect.
4. The proximal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will not be moved by the action of that muscle.
5. An arbitrary point on Earth's surface, chosen as the zero for a system of coordinates.
6. Ancestry.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɒɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒɪn/

Etymology

From Middle English origine, origyne, from Old French origine, orine, ourine, from Latin origo (“beginning, source, birth, origin”), from orior (“to rise”); see orient. Doublet of origo.

Sentences

There is no definite interpretation of the origin of the name .