beginning; origin; root; rootage; source




the place where something begins, where it springs into being

"the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root"

Type of:
  • point

Types:
  • derivation
  • spring
  • fountainhead; headspring; head
  • headwater
  • wellhead; wellspring
  • jumping-off place; point of departure
  • birthplace; cradle; place of origin; provenance; provenience
  • home
  • point source
  • trail head; trailhead


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