Meaning

6 senses
  1. The beginning of something.

    place of origin

    trace the origin of something

    Ursprung, Anfang, Entstehung

    нача́лоnačálo, исто́чникistóčnik, происхожде́ниеproisxoždénije

    джерело́džereló, крини́цяkrynýcja, поча́токpočátok

  2. The source of a river, information, goods, etc.

    Quelle

    нача́лоnačálo, исто́чникistóčnik, исто́кistók

  3. The point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect.

    Ursprung

    нача́ло координа́тnačálo koordinát

    the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero

  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. (in the plural)Ancestry.

    Herkunft

    происхожде́ниеproisxoždénije

    похо́дженняpoxódžennja

    properties attributable to your ancestry

Examples

229 sentences
  1. What is the origin of the universe?

    Яке походження Всесвіту? — deniko

    ruКаково происхождение Вселенной? — marafon

    deWas ist der Ursprung des Universums? — Sudajaengi

  2. I don't know the origin of the rumor.

    Я не знаю, звідки така чутка. — uaspeaker

    ruЯ не знаю, откуда такой слух. — Ickander

  3. There are many theories about the origin of life.

  4. He is studying the origin of jazz in America.

    ruОн изучает происхождение джаза в Америке. — fjay69

  5. Let me tell you about the origin of this school.

    ruПозвольте мне рассказать вам о возникновении этой школы. — Biga

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
beginning of something:
Русский
By meaning 3
beginning of something:
source of a river, information, goods, etc.:
point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
beginning of something:
source of a river, information, goods, etc.:
ancestry:

Origin

From Middle English origine, origyne, from Old French origine, orine, ourine, from Latin o

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

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Forms

plural: origins
Singularorigin
Pluralorigins

regular

Synonyms

20 synonyms
beginning:beginningA2
Close in meaning

Antonyms

3 antonyms
beginning:endA1
proximal end of a muscle that is not moved by the muscle's action:insertion

Word family

14 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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