origin: [14] Etymologically, origin denotes literally an ‘arising’. The word was borrowed from Latin orīgō ‘source’, a derivative of the verb orīrī ‘rise’. This also produced English abort [16] (etymologically ‘be born badly’) and orient. => abort, orient
origin (n.)
c. 1400, "ancestry, race," from Old French origine "origin, race," and directly from Latin originem (nominative origo) "a rise, commencement, beginning, source; descent, lineage, birth," from stem of oriri "to rise, become visible, appear" (see orchestra).
双语例句
1. There are some areas of wetland which are of ancient origin.
有一些湿地在古代就形成了。
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2. If it's possible, track the rumour back to its origin.
如果可能，应追查谣言的源头。
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3. Most of the thickeners are of plant origin.
大部分增稠剂来源于植物。
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4. Their medical problems are basically physical in origin.
他们的病症主要是由于身体原因引起的。
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5. Living conditions are vastly different from those pertaining in their country of origin.