originate

Meaning

Verb

  • To cause (someone or something) to be; to bring (someone or something) into existence; to produce or initiate a person or thing.
  • To come into existence; to have origin or beginning; to spring, be derived (from, with).

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Origin

  • From (the participle stem of) Late Latin *originare, from Latin orīgō.
  • Morphologically origin + -ate.

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