Origin

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

origin^¹

/ˈɒɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒɪn/ UK
/ˈɒɹ.ə.d͡ʒən/ UK
/ˈoɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒɪn/ Canada, US
/ˈoɹ.ə.d͡ʒɪn/ Canada, US
[ˈoɹ.d͡ʒɪn] Canada, US
/ˈɑɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒɪn/ New York City, Philadelphia
/ˈɔɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒɪn/ Australia
/ˈɒɹ.ə.d͡ʒən/ New Zealand
[ˈɔ̟ɹ.ə.d͡ʒən] New Zealand

Where it comes from

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.

noun origins

The beginning of something. place of origin
The source of a river, information, goods, etc. It is clear that the origin of the truth would be an admirable criterion of this sort, if only the various origins could be discriminated from one another from this point of view, and the history of dogmatic opinion shows that origin has always been a favorite test. Origin in immediate intuition; or
The point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect.
The proximal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will not be moved by the action of that muscle.
An arbitrary point on Earth's surface, chosen as the zero for a system of coordinates.
in plural Ancestry.

Origin^²

proper noun

the State of Origin series (an annual best-of-three rugby league series between New South Wales and Queensland, nicknamed the "Blues" and the "Maroons", respectively)

Talk about this word