• n.
    ⦿the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived
    lexical concept
  • mineral origin
  • origin in sensation
  • the rumor had its origin in idle gossip
  • vegetable origins

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechnoun
ontolex:lexicalized senseenl:origin
wn:interlingual indexili:i107962

Other

skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:labelorigin