# originate

Pronunciation: say "uh-RIJ-i-nayt" /əˈɹɪd͡ʒɪneɪt/

## Verb

1. To come into existence or have a beginning; to spring or be derived from a particular source.
   - Simple: To begin or come from a particular place or source.
   - _Several major rivers originate high in the snowfields of the mountains._
   - _The trading tradition originated among merchants who crossed the desert._
2. To bring someone or something into existence; to produce or initiate a person or thing.
   - Simple: To make something begin to exist, or to start something new.
   - _The committee originated a program to support emerging artists._
   - _Few inventors originate entirely new concepts without building on earlier work._

## Adjective

3. Having something as its basis or source. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Based on something, or having its beginning in it.

## Origin

**Meanings 1–2** — From Medieval Latin orīginātus, the perfect passive participle of orīginō ("to begin, give rise to"), built from orīgō ("origin"). Compare Italian originare and Spanish originar.
**Meaning 3** — From Medieval Latin orīginātus (see Etymology 1), with the adjective-forming suffix -ate. By surface analysis, origin + -ate.

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