originate

o·rig·i·nate  (-rj-nt)

v. o·rig·i·nat·ed, o·rig·i·nat·ing, o·rig·i·nates

v.tr.

To bring into being; create: originated the practice of monthly reports.

v.intr.

To come into being; start. See Synonyms at stem¹.

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o·rigi·nation n.

o·rigi·native adj.

o·rigi·native·ly adv.

o·rigi·nator n.

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originate [əˈrɪdʒɪˌneɪt]

vb

1. to come or bring into being

2. (intr) US and Canadian (of a bus, train, etc.) to begin its journey at a specified point

origination  n

originator  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	originate - come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose" arise, spring up, uprise, develop, grow, rise develop - be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; "The plot developed slowly"; become - come into existence; "What becomes has duration" resurge - rise again; "His need for a meal resurged"; "The candidate resurged after leaving politics for several years" come forth, emerge - happen or occur as a result of something come, follow - to be the product or result; "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience" well up, swell - come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things); "Strong emotions welled up"; "Smoke swelled from it" head - take its rise; "These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas"
	2.	originate - bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation" initiate, start lead up, initiate - set in motion, start an event or prepare the way for; "Hitler's attack on Poland led up to World War II" create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" set - apply or start; "set fire to a building" date back, date from, go back - belong to an earlier time; "This story dates back 200 years" originate in - come from
	3.	originate - begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc.; "The flight originates in Calcutta" begin, start - have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000"

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originate

verb

1. begin, start, emerge, come, issue, happen, rise, appear, spring, flow, be born, proceed, arise, dawn, stem, derive, commence, emanate, crop up (informal), come into being, come into existence The disease originated in Africa.
begin end, finish, conclude, cease, wind up, terminate

2. invent, produce, create, form, develop, design, launch, set up, introduce, imagine, institute, generate, come up with (informal), pioneer, evolve, devise, initiate, conceive, bring about, formulate, give birth to, contrive, improvise, dream up (informal), inaugurate, think up, set in motion No-one knows who originated this story.

Translations

originate [əˈrɪdʒɪneɪt]

A. VT → producir, originar; [person] → idear, crear

B. VI to originate (from or in) → originarse(en), tener su origen(en); (= begin) → empezar(en or con)
where did the fire originate? → ¿dónde se originó el incendio?
these oranges originate from Israel → estas naranjas son de Israel
where do you originate from? → ¿de dónde eres?
with whom did the idea originate? → ¿quién tuvo la idea primero?

originate [əˈrɪdʒəneɪt] vi [belief, custom] → être né(e)
These beliefs originated in the 19th century → Ces croyances sont nées au XIXe siècle.
to originate from [person] → être originaire de; [suggestion] → émaner de
to originate with sb → émaner de qn

originate

vt → hervorbringen; policy, company → ins Leben rufen; product → erfinden; who originated the idea? → von wem stammt die Idee?

vi

→ entstehen; the legend originated in … → die Legende ist in (+dat) → … entstanden or hat ihren Ursprung in (+dat) → …; to originate from a country → aus einem Land stammen; to originate from or with somebody → von jdm stammen; the company originated as a family concern → die Firma war ursprünglich or anfänglich ein Familienbetrieb

(US: bus, train etc) → ausgehen (in von)

originate [əˈrɪdʒɪˌneɪt]

1. vt → dare origine a

2. vi to originate (from) (gen) → avere origine (da); (suggestion, idea) → derivare (da); (goods) → provenire (da)
to originate (in) (river) → nascere (in) (custom) → avere origine (in)

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originate [əˈrɪdʒɪˌneɪt]

1. vt → dare origine a

2. vi to originate (from) (gen) → avere origine (da); (suggestion, idea) → derivare (da); (goods) → provenire (da)
to originate (in) (river) → nascere (in) (custom) → avere origine (in)