nnoun.locationthe place where something begins, where it springs into beingSynset:beginning root rootage source
Examples:- 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
Derivationally Related Form:originateroot
Hypernyms:point
Inherited Hypernyms:beginningpointlocationobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:birthplacecradlederivationfountainheadheadheadspringheadwaterhomejumping-off placeplace of originpoint of departurepoint sourceprovenanceproveniencespringtrail headtrailheadwellheadwellspring
Full Hyponyms:birthplacederivationfountainheadheadwaterhomejumping-off placepoint sourcespringtrail headwellhead
nnoun.attributeproperties attributable to your ancestrySynset:descent extraction
Examples:- he comes from good origins
Hypernyms:ancestry derivation filiation lineage
Inherited Hypernyms:originancestryinheritancehereditypropertyattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:full blood
nnoun.eventan event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent eventsSynset:inception origination
Derivationally Related Form:originate
Hypernyms:beginning
Inherited Hypernyms:originbeginninghappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:causeemanationgerminationoverturepreliminarypreludeprocessionrise
Full Hyponyms:antecedentcauseemanationetiologyfactorfundamentalgerminationgrowth hormone-releasing factorinsertional mutagenesisintrinsic factormutagenesisparameterpreliminaryproducerreleasing factorunknown quantitywild card
nnoun.cognitionthe point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zeroHypernyms:intersection
Inherited Hypernyms:originintersectionsetabstractionentity
nnoun.processthe source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derivedExamples:- the rumor had its origin in idle gossip
- vegetable origins
- mineral origin
- origin in sensation
Hypernyms:source
Inherited Hypernyms:originsourcenatural processprocessphysical entityentity
nnoun.groupthe descendants of one individualSynset:ancestry blood blood line bloodline descent line line of descent lineage parentage pedigree stemma stock
Examples:- his entire lineage has been warriors
Derivationally Related Form:linealparentdescend
Hypernyms:family tree genealogy
Inherited Hypernyms:lineagegenealogykinsocial groupgroupabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:familyfamily linefolkkinfolkkinsfolkphratryseptside
Full Hyponyms:bourboncapetian dynastycarolingian dynastydynastyfamilyflavian dynastyhabsburghanhanoverhohenzollernhomefolkhouselancasterliaomedicimerovingianmingnameottomanpeopleplantagenetptolemyqinqingromanovroyaltysaxe-coburg-gothaseljukshangsidestuartsungtangtudorumayyadvaloisweiwindsoryorkyuanzhou