The fact of arising or being derived from something; origin, derivation. Now rare.

Coming into existence, commencement, beginning (in reference to cause or source); rise, origin.

The fact of originating or descending from some ancestor or source; descent, derivation, origin. Obsolete.

More generally: the act or fact of beginning, or of springing from something; beginning of existence with reference to source or cause; rise or…

figurative. Derivation or origination from a particular source.

Something which springs out or issues forth. Also in extended use: a result or outcome.

figurative. Origination, production, development.

The origin, source, line of development, or historical background of an idea, belief, custom, etc.; derivation, etymological descent (of a word).

Rise, origin.

The origin or mode of formation of something.

The action of producing something or bringing something into existence; the fact of being born or produced; extraction, origin; (with reference to a…

Origination or coming forth from a source; extraction, origin, descent.

Calling into existence, origination.

The action or fact of proceeding or issuing from a source; origination. Obsolete.

The action of ingenerating or engendering.

The fact of originating; origination.

The fact of being descended or derived, or of originating from; descent, transmission from.

The process or fact of growing up; origination, development.