place of origin
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3.5
- noun
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lugar de origen
- Many immigrants cherish their place of origin and often share stories about their homeland.
- return to the place of origin
- migrants from their places of origin
- race and place of origin
Examples
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Yet place of origin is understood not as primordial, rural Africa, but rather as a nation-state.
Academic text (2008) -
Character inscriptions on most headstones reveal the interred's places of origin in Fujian Province, and, to a lesser degree, in Guangdong Province.
Academic text (1993) -
The same cannot be said about my place of origin.
Fiction book (2002) -
The suburban route will only work if you cut all ties with your family and place of origin.
Academic text (1996) -
The testifiers are identified by year of birth and place of origin.
Academic text (2005) -
The remarks often include the cause of death, place of origin, name of physician, and location of burial site.
Academic text (2007) -
Determining factors were age, place of origin, ethnicity, language, and length of stay in the town.
Academic text (2009) -
As a result, foods have become increasingly detached from their histories and places of origin.
Academic text (1999) -
Note carefully the bride and groom's place of origin, parents' occupation, and any prestige genealogy adduced.
Blog text (23) -
The historian traced the ancient artifact back to its place of origin in Mesopotamia.
Synonyms
∞
2.6
A place or thing where something comes from
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2.7
The place where something begins, for example a country
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5.0
A place where something begins or develops
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2.7
A place where an idea, activity, or movement first started
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7.9
The place or early history that shows where an object comes from
The place where an object first came from or its early history
The place where something begins
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the location where something or someone was born, created, or first began to exist' is directly and compositionally derived from 'place' (location) + 'of' (genitive/prepositional link) + 'origin' (source/beginning). This is a common, cross-linguistic noun + of + noun construction and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Place of origin comes from the simple idea of the exact place where something first appears or was created, its origin. Imagine a seed in the ground or a baby born in a town: that spot is the 'place of origin', so the phrase means 'the location where something or someone began'.