origin

The point at which something comes into existence or from which it derives or is derived.

Ancestry.

The fact of originating; rise or derivation.

The point of attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during contraction.

The point of intersection of coordinate axes, as in the Cartesian coordinate system.

To give rise to; originate; initiate.

To arise; originate.

Beginning of existence; rise or first manifestation; first stage or indication of being or existence.

That from which anything derives its being or nature; source of being or existence; cause or occasion; fountain; source: as, the origins of a nation.

Hence, parentage; ancestry; pedigree; extraction; birth.