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Origin

The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth.
That from which anything primarily proceeds; the fountain; the spring; the cause; the occasion.
The point of attachment or end of a muscle which is fixed during contraction; -- in contradistinction to insertion.

Origin Quotations

A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.
Marcus Garvey

All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.
Lao Tzu

All the works of man have their origin in creative fantasy. What right have we then to depreciate imagination.
Carl Jung

Sabbath - a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh.
Ambrose Bierce

Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for cooperation with oneself.
Bertrand Russell

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Origin Translations

origin in Afrikaans is oorsprong, herkoms
origin in Danish is oprindelse
origin in Dutch is oorsprong, afkomst, herkomst
origin in French is origine, provenance
origin in German is Ursprung, Anfang, Ursprung
origin in Hungarian is eredet
origin in Italian is origine, origine, principio
origin in Latin is primordium, ortus, origo, initium, satus, fons
origin in Portuguese is origem
origin in Spanish is procedencia, origen

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