Etymograph

English

origin

Origin comes from Latin orīgō ‘beginning, source, birth, origin’, from orior ‘to rise’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *oriōr.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*oriōr‘to rise’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEorior‘to rise’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEorīgō‘beginning’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400origine
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1902origin

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*oriōr‘to rise’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEorior‘to rise’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEorīgō‘beginning’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400origine
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1902origin

Earliest quotation: 1902, William James, Lecture I: “It is clear that the origin of the truth…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- ‘to stir, rise’

run, ride, earn, orient, irritable, irritate, ornithology, erne, orogeny, 16 more

through Latin orior ‘to rise’

abortion, abort, aborigines, orienteering, 7 more

through Latin orīgō ‘beginning, source, birth, origin’

aborigine, 6 more

Today it means

noun The beginning of something.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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