origin

something from which anything arises or is derived; source; fountainhead.

to follow a stream to its origin.

Synonyms:

foundation, root

Antonyms:

end, destination

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.

Synonyms:

descent, linage, birth

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.

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