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[ awr-i-jin, or- ]

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noun

something from which anything arises or is derived; source; fountainhead:
to follow a stream to its origin.
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rise or derivation from a particular source:
the origin of a word.
the first stage of existence; beginning:
the origin of Quakerism in America.
ancestry; parentage; extraction:
to be of Scottish origin.
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Anatomy.
1. the point of derivation.
2. the more fixed portion of a muscle.
Mathematics.
1. the point in a Cartesian coordinate system where the axes intersect.
2. Also called pole. the point from which rays designating specific angles originate and are measured from in a polar coordinate system with no axes.

origin

/ ˈɒ��ɪ��ɪ�� /

noun

a primary source; derivation
the beginning of something; first stage or part
often plural ancestry or parentage; birth; extraction
anatomy
1. the end of a muscle, opposite its point of insertion
2. the beginning of a nerve or blood vessel or the site where it first starts to branch out
maths
1. the point of intersection of coordinate axes or planes
2. the point whose coordinates are all zero See also pole 2
commerce the country from which a commodity or product originates
shipment from origin

origin

/ ô��′ə-��ĭ�� /

The point at which the axes of a Cartesian coordinate system intersect. The coordinates of the origin are (0,0) in two dimensions and (0,0,0) in three dimensions.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of origin¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin �ǰ�ī��-, stem of �ǰ�ī��ō “beginning, source, lineage,” from �ǰ�(ī��ī) “to rise” ( orient ) + -ī��ō, noun suffix

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of origin¹

C16: from French origine, from Latin �ǰ�ī��ō beginning, birth, from �ǰ�ī��ī to rise, spring from

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