a place or reason from which something starts
cause, basis
Cases of word usage
1) a word in one language with the same origin as a word in another language (analogue)
2) (of South Africa) the policy that separates ethnic groups and has given political, economic and social control to people of European origin (apartheid)
3) to prove beyond doubt the origin etc of (something) (authenticate)
4) (the person responsible for) the origin of a book etc (authorship)
5) having the same source or origin as something (cognate)
6) the area immediately above the origin of an earthquake (epicenter)
7) the scientific study of the origin and history of words (etymology)
8) an apparatus producing a rush of water into the air; a source or origin (fountain)
9) related; having a common origin (kindred)
10) something of which the cause or origin is impossible to explain or understand (mystery)