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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1387|origins=la oriri}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˈɒr.ɪ.dʒɪn/, US /ˈɔːr.ə.dʒɪn/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|origine]],^(MWU 2024) probably [[bor|frm|origine]],^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) and directly [[der|la|orīgō|t=rise, beginning, source; descent, birth]] (stem orīgin-),^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) from orīrī “to rise, appear, be born”,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from [[ine-pro|*h₃er-|alt=*heri-|t=to rise]],^(Etymonline) also the source of Hittite arai- “to arise”.^(Etymonline) It is related to [[orient]] and [[original]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024)^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The fact of arising from something: 1387 in the OED.^(OED 1989) Ancestry, descent: probably before 1400 in Barnhart,^(Barnhart 1988) about 1400 in Etymonline.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The beginning of existence is from the 1560s,^(Etymonline) and that from which something arises, a source, from 1604 in the OED and Barnhart,^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988) about 1600 in Etymonline.^(Etymonline) In anatomy, the point at which a muscle or nerve arises is from 1691,^(OED 1989) and in mathematics, the fixed point from which coordinates are measured, from 1723.^(OED 1989) ''Original'' is from before 1325,^(Barnhart 1988) and its sense “new, fresh” from the mid-18th century, in Joseph Warton.^(Barnhart 1988) In Shetland, origin is a dialect form of orange.^(Wright 1898)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1387 – the fact of arising.^(OED 1989)

+ * a. 1400 – ancestry.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1560s – the beginning of existence.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1604 – a source.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1691 – in anatomy.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1723 – in mathematics.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The point or place where something begins or comes from; [[source]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A person's [[ancestry]] or social background.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The fact of originating; rise or derivation.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(anatomy)'' The relatively fixed point of attachment of a muscle.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(mathematics)'' The point where the axes of a coordinate system meet.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[original]]

+ * [[originate]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[orient]]

+ * [[aborigine]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Origin, inception, source and root all signify the point where something begins; origin is the point at which it comes into existence.^(AHD)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}