[ˈɒrɪdʒ(ɪ)n], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the point or place where something begins, arises, or is derived
(e.g: his theory of the origin of life)

- the more fixed end or attachment of a muscle

- a fixed point from which coordinates are measured


Phrases:

Origin:
early 16th century: from French origine, from Latin origo, origin-, from oriri ‘to rise’