Definitions of origin:
- noun: properties attributable to your ancestry
Example: "He comes from good origins"
- noun: the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero
- noun: an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
- noun: the descendants of one individual
- noun: the place where something begins, where it springs into being
Example: "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"