point of origin

noun

A place where something comes from or originates.

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Meanings

nounpoint of origin (plural points of origin)

plural points of origin

  1. A place where something comes from or originates.

    In the United States the Santa Fe was a pioneer in centralising its scrap handling at Corwith, near Chicago, but after 1924 abandoned this plan in favour of sorting at the point of origin.

    1941 October, “Reclaiming Permanent Way Material”, in Railway Magazine, page 436
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APA

point of origin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/point%20of%20origin

MLA

“point of origin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/point%20of%20origin. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “point of origin,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/point%20of%20origin.

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