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country of origin

country of origin

11 2.7
A country where a person was born or something was made
  • noun
translation icon : país de origen
  • What is your country of origin?
  • immigrants' countries of origin
  • returned to the country of origin
  • rate in the country of origin

So, and it was back in my country of origin in, in Mexico, in a city called Chihuahua.

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Examples

  • Standard demographic questions such as age, marital status, and country of origin were compiled along with a measure of acculturation.

    Academic text (2008)

  • The preferred solution is voluntary repatriation to the country of origin once it is safe to return.

    Academic text (2001)

  • We are here to judge the quality, not the country of origin.

    Bottle Shock (2008)

  • Did you even bother to ask what the country of origin was?

    War Dogs (2016)

  • However, the majority of the West Indian population is Black, both in their countries of origin and in the United States.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Upon completing their studies, they must return to their country of origin.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Research on this topic is less extensive by country of origin because of data limitations.

    Academic text (1997)

  • The PODER-YES students had distinct backgrounds, representing seven countries of origin and speaking six languages.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Of the 469 participants who reported their country of origin, they represented 36 countries.

    Academic text (2008)

  • What is your country of origin?

Synonyms

homeland
vscountry of origin
177 3.1

The country where someone is born or where they feel they belong

is a neutral label for the nation of birth or product origin
origin
vscountry of origin
163 2.3

The family background and country where someone’s family comes from

refers to the nation someone was born in or where a product comes from
motherland
vscountry of origin
22 4.6

The country where you were born or that you feel strongly connected to

focuses on objective national source rather than cultural or emotional ties
birthplace
vscountry of origin
21 2.7

A place where an idea, activity, or movement first started

focuses on the national origin rather than any local starting place
fatherland
vscountry of origin
12 7.4

The country where a person is born or feels strong loyalty to

is the factual label for where someone or something comes from
native land
vscountry of origin
9 3.6

A country where a person was born and still feels at home

is the factual national origin rather than an emotional sense of home
place of birth
vscountry of origin
5 1.6

The town, city or country where someone is born

is concerned with the national origin rather than local birth location
old country
vscountry of origin
  • US
5 3.4

The country a person or their family came from before moving

is about the present nation of birth or product rather than ancestral home
mother country
vscountry of origin
3 3.5

The country where you were born or the one you feel most connected to

is a neutral term for the nation of birth or product origin
place of origin
vscountry of origin
1 3.5

The location where someone or something first started to exist

is about the nation where a person was born or product comes from

Surface Forms

country of origin singular
countries of origin plural

Morphology

country + of + origin

The meaning 'the country where a person was born or a product comes from' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'country' (nation) with 'origin' (source or beginning) linked by 'of' to indicate source. This is a literal, compositionally regular expression common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily understand it.

Etymology

The noun country of origin comes from the simple idea of country + origin: the country where something or someone first began or was born. So the phrase is used on forms and labels to show 'where someone or something comes from'.