origins
- 1Plural of origin.
Historians trace the origins of the conflict to a long-standing border dispute.
Many English words have their origins in Latin and French.
Note
One meaning belongs to the plural: ancestry. A person's origins are usually their family background and descent, not a single starting point, and the singular is not the usual form for this meaning. Elsewhere the plural simply counts beginnings or sources, as in the origins of a conflict or the origins of several rivers. In mathematics it names the intersection points of more than one coordinate system.
origins is a form of origin
origin, noun: The point, time, place, or source from which something begins, arises, or is derived. Full entry
- Forms
- originorigins plural
- Spelling
- origin → origins: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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