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==English==
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===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*h₃er-}}
From {{inh|en|enm|origine}}, {{m|enm|origyne}}, from {{der|en|fro|origine}}, {{m|fro|orine}}, {{m|fro|ourine}}, from {{der|en|la|origo||t=beginning, source, birth, origin}}, from {{m|la|orior||t=to rise}}; see {{m|en|orient}}. {{doublet|en|origo}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈɒɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒɪn/|/ˈɒɹ.ə.d͡ʒən/|a=RP}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈɔɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒɪn/|/ˈɔɹ.d͡ʒɪn/|a=GA}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈɑɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒɪn/|a=NYC}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-origin.ogg|a=US}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# The [[beginning]] of something.
# The [[source]] of a river, information, goods, etc.
#: {{syn|en|source}}
#* {{RQ:William James Varieties|chapter=Lecture I|passage=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; '''origin''' in pontifical authority; origin in supernatural revelation, as by vision, hearing, or unaccountable impression; '''origin''' in direct possession by a higher spirit, expressing itself in prophecy and warning; '''origin''' in automatic utterance generally,—these '''origins''' have been stock warrants for the truth of one opinion after another which we find represented in religious history.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2013-06-14|author=[http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/sam-leith Sam Leith]
|volume=189|issue=1|page=37|magazine=w:The Guardian Weekly
|title=[http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/may/23/holy-shit-history-swearing-mohr Where the profound meets the profane]
|passage=Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the '''origins''' of almost any word we have for bad language – "profanity", "curses", "oaths" and "swearing" itself.}}
# {{lb|en|mathematics}} The [[point]] at which the [[axis|axes]] of a [[coordinate]] system [[intersect]].
#: {{syn|en|zero vector}}
# {{lb|en|anatomy}} The [[proximal]] end of attachment of a [[muscle]] to a bone that will not be moved by the action of that muscle.
# {{lb|en|cartography}} An arbitrary point on Earth's surface, chosen as the zero for a system of coordinates.
# {{lb|en|in the plural}} [[ancestry|Ancestry]].

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|beginning}} {{seeSynonyms|en|beginning}}

====Antonyms====
* {{antsense|beginning}} {{l|en|end}}
* {{antsense|source}} {{l|en|destination}}
* {{antsense|anatomy}} {{l|en|insertion}}

====Derived terms====
{{der3|en|language analysis for the determination of origin|cross-origin|original|originate|originator|origination|origin story|origin of coordinates|same-origin policy| time of origin}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|orient}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|beginning of something}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|oorsprong}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|zanafillë}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|مَنْشَأ|m}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|منشأ|m|tr=manšaʔ}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|مَنْشَأ|m|tr=manšaʔ}}, {{t|acw|مَصْدَر|m|tr=maṣdar}}
* Aragonese: {{t|an|orichen|m}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|orixe}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|jatorri}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|крыні́ца|f}}, {{t+|be|жарало́|n}}, {{t|be|пача́так|m}}, {{t|be|пахо́джанне|n}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|нача́ло|n}}, {{t+|bg|прои́зход|m}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|origen|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Eastern Min: {{t|cdo|起源|tr=kī nguòng}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|起源|tr=qǐyuán}}, {{t+|cmn|源頭|tr=yuántóu}}, {{t+|cmn|起始|tr=qǐshǐ}}, {{t+|cmn|本源|tr=běnyuán}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|vznik|m}}, {{t+|cs|počátek|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|herkomst|c}}, {{t|da|oprindelse|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|oorsprong|m}}, {{t+|nl|herkomst|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|origino}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|alkuperä}}
* French: {{t+|fr|origine|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|orixe|f}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|საწყისი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Ursprung|m}}, {{t+|de|Anfang|m}}, {{t+|de|Entstehung|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|αρχή|f}}, {{t+|el|προέλευση|f}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἀρχή|f}}
* Guaraní: {{t|gn|ypy}}
* Haitian Creole: {{t|ht|orijin}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|מוֹצָא|m|tr=motzá}}, {{t+|he|מָקוֹר|m|tr=makór}}
* Higaonon: {{t|mba|poonan}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|शुरुआत|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|eredet}}, {{t+|hu|kezdet}}, {{t+|hu|kezdőpont}}, {{t+|hu|kiindulópont}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|asal usul}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|alkuperä}}, {{t|izh|alkutulo}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|foinse|f}}, {{t+|ga|máthair|f}}, {{t|ga|bunús|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|origine}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|起源|tr=きげん, kigen}}, {{t+|ja|原因|tr=げんいん, gen'in}}, {{t+|ja|原初|tr=げんしょ, gensho}}
* Javanese: {{t|jv|asal}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|កំណើត}}
* Kilivila: {{t|kij|uula}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|기원(起源)}}, {{t+|ko|원인(原因)}}
* Lao: {{t+|lo|ກຳເນີດ}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|orīgō|f}}, {{t+|la|principium|n}}, {{t|la|prīmordium|f}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|cilme|f}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|kilmė|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|потекло|n}}, {{t|mk|почеток|m}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|asal}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|ഉത്ഭവം}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|гарал}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|opphav|n}}, {{t|nb|opprinnelse|m}}, {{t|nb|utgangspunkt|n}}, {{t|nb|utspring|n}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|opphav|n}}, {{t|nn|utgangspunkt|n}}, {{t|nn|utspring|n}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|origina|f}}
* Paicî: {{t|pri|mäjoro}}
* Plautdietsch: {{t|pdt|Aunfank|m}}, {{t|pdt|Häakunft|f}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|pochodzenie|n}}, {{t+|pl|początek|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|origem|f}}, {{t+|pt|começo|m}}
* Romagnol: {{t|rgn|radìșa|f}} {{qualifier|figurative}}, {{t|rgn|ràdga|f}} {{qualifier|figurative}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|origine|f}}, {{t+|ro|origină|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|нача́ло|n}}, {{t+|ru|исто́чник|m}}, {{t+|ru|происхожде́ние|n}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|поче́так|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|počétak|m}}
* Sicilian: {{t+|scn|uriggina|f}}, {{t+|scn|urìggina}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|začiatok|m}}, {{t+|sk|vznik|m}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|poreklo|n}}, {{t+|sl|začetek|m}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|póchad|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|origen|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|ursprung|n}}, {{t+|sv|upprinnelse|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|mulâ}}, {{t|tl|simulâ}}, {{t|tl|pasimulâ}}, {{t+|tl|umpisá}}
* Tarifit: {{t|rif|aẓwar|m}}
* Tausug: {{t|tsg|pun}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|กำเนิด}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|köken}}, {{t+|tr|başlangıç}}, {{t+|tr|kaynak}}, {{t+|tr|orijin}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|джерело́|n}}, {{t+|uk|крини́ця|f}}, {{t+|uk|поча́ток|m}}, {{t|uk|похо́дження|n}}
* Venetan: {{t|vec|orixene}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|nguồn gốc}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|rig}}
* Yakut: {{t|sah|төрүт}}
* Zulu: {{t|zu|umsuka|c3|c4}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|source of a river, information, goods, etc.}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|مَنْبَع|m}}, {{t|ar|مَنْشَأ|m}}, {{t+|ar|مَصْدَر|m}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|منبع|m|tr=manbaʕ}}, {{t|arz|منشأ|m|tr=manšaʔ}}, {{t|arz|مصدر|m|tr=maṣdar}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|مَصْدَر|m|tr=maṣdar}}, {{t|acw|مَنْبَع|m|tr=manbaʕ}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|উৎপত্তিস্থল}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|и́звор|m}}, {{t+|bg|и́зточник|m}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|origen|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|源頭|tr=yuántóu}}, {{t+|cmn|水源|tr=shuǐyuán}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|počátek|m}}, {{t+|cs|pramen|m}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|oorsprong|m}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|fonto}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lähteet|p}} {{qualifier|of a river}}, {{t+|fi|alkuperä}} {{qualifier|of information etc.}}
* French: {{t+|fr|source|f}}
* Georgian: {{t+|ka|წყარო}}
* German: {{t+|de|Quelle|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|πηγή|f}}
* Haitian Creole: {{t|ht|sous}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|מָקוֹר|m|tr=makór}}
* Hungarian: {{qualifier|of a river, information}} {{t+|hu|forrás}}, {{qualifier|of goods etc}} {{t+|hu|származás}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|asal}}, {{t+|id|sumber}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|foinse|f}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|ഉത്ഭവം}}, {{t+|ml|ഉറവിടം}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|takenga}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|utspring|n}} {{qualifier|river}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|utspring|n}} {{qualifier|river}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|origem|f}}, {{qualifier|de um rio}} {{t+|pt|nascente|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|нача́ло|n}}, {{t+|ru|исто́чник|m}}, {{t+|ru|исто́к|m}} (origin of a river)
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|ѝзвор|m}}, {{t|sh|вре̏ло|n}}, {{t|sh|ѝзворӣште|n}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|ìzvor|m}}, {{t+|sh|vrȅlo|n}}, {{t+|sh|ìzvorīšte|n}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|izvor|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|origen|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|källa|c}}, {{t+|sv|ursprung|n}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|kasimulan}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|kaynak}}
* Zulu: {{t|zu|umdabu|c3}}, {{t|zu|indabuko|c9|c10}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|нача́ло|n}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|原點|tr=yuándiǎn}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|počátek|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|origo}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|oorsprong|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|origo}}, {{t+|fi|nollapiste}}
* French: {{t+|fr|origine|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Ursprung|m}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|רֵאשִׁית|f|tr=reshít}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|origó}}
* Indonesian: {{t|id|origo}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|bunphointe|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|原点|tr=げんてん, genten}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|origo}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|origem|f}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|нача́ло координа́т|n}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|ѝсходӣште|n}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|ìshodīšte|n}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|origo|n}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|mulaan}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|orijin}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|ancestry}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|zanafillë}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|اَصْل|m}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|أصِل|m|tr=aṣil}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|ծագում}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|пахо́джанне|n}}, {{t|be|пахаджэ́нне|n}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|прои́зход|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|起源|tr=qǐyuán}}, {{t+|cmn|來源|tr=láiyuán}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|původ|m}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|oorsprong|m}}, {{t+|nl|afkomst|f}}, {{t+|nl|herkomst|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|syntyperä}}
* French: {{t+|fr|origine|f}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|წარმომავლობა}}
* German: {{t+|de|Herkunft|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|καταγωγή|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|מוֹצָא|m|tr=motzá}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|származás}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|asal}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|bunús|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|origini|f-p}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|потекло|n}}
* Mongolian: {{t+|mn|гарал}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|pochodzenie}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|origem|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|происхожде́ние|n}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|подрије́тло|n}}, {{t|sh|порије́кло|n}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|podrijétlo|n}}, {{t+|sh|porijéklo|n}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|pôvod|m}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|poreklo|n}}, {{t+|sl|izvir|m}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|póchad|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|origen|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|ursprung|n}}, {{t+|sv|härkomst|c}}
* Tarifit: {{t|rif|aẓwar|m}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|soy sop}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|похо́дження|n}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Arabic: {{t-check|ar|أَصْل|m}}
* Dutch: {{t+check|nl|oorsprong|m}}
* French: {{t+check|fr|origine|f}}
* German: {{t+check|de|Ursprung|m}}
* Ido: {{t+check|io|origino}}
* Italian: {{t+check|it|origine|f}}
* Korean: {{t+check|ko|원천}}, {{t+check|ko|근원}}
* Old English: {{t-check|ang|frymþu|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Roman: {{t+check|sh|istok|m}}, {{t+check|sh|poreklo|n}}, {{t+check|sh|postanak|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====See also====
* {{l|en|provenance}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:Webster 1913}}
* {{R:Century 1911}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=giinor|nigori}}

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