Origin

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NOUN

beginning, root, rootage, source

the place where something begins, where it springs into being

descent, extraction

properties attributable to your ancestry

origination, inception

an event that is a beginning

the point of intersection of coordinate axes

the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived

lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline

the descendants of one individual

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