noun (n)

• the place where something begins, where it springs into being(noun.location)

  Example:
  Jupiter was the origin of the radiation.
  

  Synonym:
  beginning, root, rootage, source
  

  source: wordnet30
• properties attributable to your ancestry(noun.attribute)

  Example:
  He comes from good origins.
  

  Synonym:
  descent, extraction
  

  source: wordnet30
• an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events(noun.event)

  Synonym:
  inception, origination
  

  source: wordnet30
• the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero(noun.cognition)

  source: wordnet30
• the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived(noun.process)

  Example:
  The rumor had its origin in idle gossip.
  Vegetable origins.
  Mineral origin.
  Origin in sensation.
  

  source: wordnet30
• the descendants of one individual(noun.group)

  Synonym:
  ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock
  

  source: wordnet30
• The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth.(noun)

  source: webster1913