origin (n.)

• alpha
• ancestry
• babyhood
• base
• basis
• beginning
• birth
• birthplace
• blood
• childhood
• commencement
• conception
• cradle
• creation
• dawn
• dawning
• derivation
• descent
• edge
• eponymy
• establishment
• etymology
• extraction
• foundation
• fount
• fountain
• genealogy
• genesis
• head
• heritage
• inauguration
• inception
• incipience
• incipiency
• infancy
• institution
• launch
• launching
• lineage
• maternity
• nascence
• nascency
• nativity
• oncoming
• onset
• opening
• original
• origination
• outbreak
• outset
• parentage
• parturition
• paternity
• pedigree
• pregnancy
• provenance
• provenience
• radical
• radix
• rise
• root
• send-off
• source
• start
• start-off
• stem
• stock
• taproot
• well
• wellspring
• youth