origin

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1. Latin · derived fromorīgō“beginning, source, birth, origin”
2. Old French · derived fromorigine
3. Middle English · inherited fromorigine
4. English todayorigin

From Middle English origine, origyne, from Old French origine, orine, ourine, from Latin orīgō (“beginning, source, birth, origin”), from orior (“to rise”); see orient. Doublet of origo. Displaced Old English frymþ.

Words from the same roots