ORIGIN
Scrabble letter values: O1R1I1G2I1N1 = 7
Definition
- noun the place where something begins, where it springs into being. — synonyms: beginning, root, rootage, source
- noun properties attributable to your ancestry. — synonyms: descent, extraction
- noun an event that is a beginning. — synonyms: origination, inception
- noun the point of intersection of coordinate axes.
- noun the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived.
- noun the descendants of one individual. — synonyms: lineage, line, line_of_descent, descent, bloodline, blood_line, blood, pedigree
Examples
- “the Italian beginning of the Renaissance”
- “Jupiter was the origin of the radiation”
- “Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River”