Originate
/əˈrɪdʒ.ɪ.neɪt/noun
To begin, create, or come into being.
Did you know?Although it sounds mystical, *originate* is a relatively late English formation from Latin *origo* (“beginning, source”), and its power is in naming the exact moment something starts to exist.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*er-
“to rise, move up”
Latin
Latin
oriri
“to rise, appear, be born”
Latin
Latin
origo
“a rising, source, beginning”
Late Latin
Latin
originare
“to begin, bring forth”
16th Century
English
originate
“to cause to begin; to come into existence”
Modern English
English
originate
“to begin, create, or come into being”