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to originate

to originate

18 4.5
To begin a journey at a particular place
  • verb
  • /əˈrɪdʒɪneɪt/
translation icon : salir de
  • Some contracts that originated as bilateral transactions were placed in central clearing at a later date.

Examples

  • Signal originates in Sector 87.

  • Flights to Papua New Guinea originate in and return to Australia.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Your escape will originate from there.

  • By definition, individuals trafficked into the United States originate from other nations.

    Academic text (2008)
  • This train, originating from New York's Grand Central Station, is back in service!

  • It originates from Washington, D.C.

  • Clearly, loans were no longer originating from the soon-to-be former Soviet Union.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Referrals to the resource specialist originate from the hospital, office walk-ins, pharmacies, and clinics.

    Academic text (2002)
  • The call you're about to receive originates from an inmate at the Oklahoma State Reformatory.

  • The bus will originate at the main station before heading to the suburbs.

Synonyms

to originate in
vsto originate
34 3.5

Come from a place, time, or situation

begins service or vehicle journeys at a specified place rather than being any source
to take its rise
vsto originate
  • Archaic
7.5

To begin at a certain time or place

begins service or vehicle journeys at a specified place

Phrasal Verbs

Come from a place, time, or situation

Surface Forms

originate infinitive
originated past
originated past participle
originating present participle
originates third person singular

Morphology

originate = origin (transparent) = origin + ate

The sense 'begin its journey at' is a direct extension of 'to begin', derived from 'origin' + '-ate'.

Etymology

The word originate is also used for journeys and comes from the same Latin oriri 'to rise' and the noun origin ('starting place'). So when a bus or flight originates somewhere, that is where its trip 'begins'.