Definition of origins in English

Wiktionary

origins (Noun)
Plural of origin.

Part of speech

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origins, noun, plural of origin.

WordNet

Noun Plural: origins
origin - an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
		origination, inception
		beginning the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations"
		germination the origin of some development; "the germination of their discontent"
		cause a justification for something existing or happening; "he had no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice"
		preliminary, prelude, overture something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows; "training is a necessary preliminary to employment"; "drinks were the overture to dinner"
origin - properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins"
		descent, extraction
		ancestry, filiation, lineage, derivation inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
origin - the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero
origin - the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived; "the rumor had its origin in idle gossip"; "vegetable origins"; "mineral origin"; "origin in sensation"
origin - the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root"
		beginning, root, rootage, source
		point sharp end; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil"
		derivation the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin
		spring a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed; "the spring was broken"
		headspring, fountainhead, head the source of water from which a stream arises; "they tracked him back toward the head of the stream"
		headwater the source of a river; "the headwaters of the Nile"
		wellhead, wellspring a structure built over a well
		jumping-off place, point of departure a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched; "one day when I was at a suitable jumping-off place I decided to see if I could find him"; "my point of departure was San Francisco"
		place of origin, provenance, provenience, birthplace, cradle the place where someone was born
		home an institution where people are cared for; "a home for the elderly"
		point source a concentrated source (especially of radiation or pollution) that is spatially constricted
origin - the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"
		lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, parentage, stemma, stock
		family tree, genealogy the study or investigation of ancestry and family history
		family line, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept, folk, family people in general (often used in the plural); "they're just country folk"; "folks around here drink moonshine"; "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next"

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Wiktionary

origin (Noun)
The beginning of something.
origin (Noun)
The source of a river, information, goods, etc.
origin (Noun)
The point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect.
origin (Noun)
The proximal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will not be moved by the action of that muscle.
origin (Noun)
An arbitrary point on the earth's surface, chosen as the zero for a system of coordinates.
origin (Noun)
ancestry.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

origin (n.)
The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth.
origin (n.)
That from which anything primarily proceeds; the fountain; the spring; the cause; the occasion.
origin (n.)
The point of attachment or end of a muscle which is fixed during contraction; -- in contradistinction to insertion.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

origin
The point of intersection of the horizontal and vertical axis of a graph.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

origin
or′i-jin, n. the rising or first existence of anything: that from which anything first proceeds: (math.) the fixed starting-point: cause: derivation.—adjs. Orig′inable; Orig′inal, pertaining to the origin or beginning: first in order or existence: in the author's own words or from the artist's own pencil: not copied: not translated: having the power to originate, as thought.—n. origin: first copy: the precise language used by a writer: an untranslated tongue: a person of marked individuality.—ns. Original′ity, Orig′inalness, quality or state of being original or of originating ideas.—adv. Orig′inally.—v.t. Orig′ināte, to give origin to: to bring into existence.—v.i. to have origin: to begin.—n. Originā′tion, act of originating or of coming into existence: mode of production.—adj. Orig′inātive, having power to originate or bring into existence.—n. Orig′inātor. [Fr. origine—L. origo, originis—orīri, to rise.]