Word
origination
Phoneticsorig·i·na·tion
US/ɝˌɪdʒəˈneɪʃən/
UK/əɹˌɪdʒɪnˈeɪʃən/
Countable & uncountable
Definition
n. the act of starting something or the place where something first began. It is often used to talk about how a business or a creative idea started.
n. the act or process of beginning something; the source or starting point of an entity or idea. Often used in business contexts to describe the creation of a loan or the establishment of a company.
Examples
“The origination of the company dates back to the 1950s.”
“The bank's loan origination process has become much faster thanks to new digital software.”
“While the technical origination of the theory is clear, its subsequent evolution through various scientific disciplines remains a subject of intense historical debate.”
Examples
simple
“The origination of the company dates back to the 1950s.”
contextual
“The bank's loan origination process has become much faster thanks to new digital software.”
complex
“While the technical origination of the theory is clear, its subsequent evolution through various scientific disciplines remains a subject of intense historical debate.”
Real-World Examples
“It would be much more probable if all current life traced back to a single origination.” Etymology
Borrowed from Latin orīginātiō, from orīgō (“to act, to commence”, stem as origin-) + -tiō.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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