1 | noun | the place where something begins, where it springs into being 2 | noun | properties attributable to your ancestry 3 | noun | an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events 4 | noun | the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero 5 | noun | the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived 6 | noun | the descendants of one individual (6 meanings)

'awruhjuhn (IPA: ˈɔrədʒən)

or-i-gin (6 letters | 3 syllables)

written: 3114th most common (1 in 31250 words) ( > 99% noun)

spoken: 4127th most common (1 in 200000 words)

(includes some inflected forms)

origins

beginning | rootage | source | descent | extraction | inception | origination | ancestry | blood | blood line | bloodline | line | lineage | line of descent | parentage | ... (total: 18)

close | completion | conclusion | death | effect | end | ending | finale | goal | outcome | result | termination (total: 12)

birthplace | cradle | derivation | fountainhead | head | headspring | headwater | home | jumping-off place | place of origin | point of departure | point source | provenance | provenience | spring | ... (total: 36)

point | ancestry | derivation | filiation | lineage | beginning | intersection | source | family tree | genealogy (total: 10)

(none among common words)

original

(none among common words)

country of origin | time of origin

Point of Origin (Patricia Cornwell) | The Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)

Clay or the Origin of Species

origin.com | origin.net | origin.org | origin.info | origin.biz (total: 5)

(0, 0) on a graph | Ancestry | Beginning | Fountainhead | Graph spot | Roots | Source | Wellspring | Where the X-axis meets the Y-axis (total: 9) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

7 (International English) | 7 (North American English)

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