Origin

Cr'i-jin, n. First existence or beginning of anything; that from which anything primarily proceeds commencement rise source derivation cause; foundation. [F. origine, L. origo, origin is, fr. oriri, to arise, begin, Skr. to rise, Gr. ornumi, I stir up.] — Original, 'Y-nal, n. Origin source that which precedes all others of cla archetype; an original work of art, manuscript, text, etc.; tne precise language employed by a writer; a person of marked peculiarity. {Nat. Hist.) The stock of a series of living forms, in which a variety considered to have originated one who has new and striking ideas. — a. Pert, to the origin or being preceding all others first in order not translated am, fame, far. or opera, fare 6nd, ORRER* employed by the author having power to suggest new thoughts or combinations of thought betore unused or unknown; new. — Original sin. (Theol.) The first sin of Adam, namely, his eating the forbidden fruit (see Gen. either the imputation of Adam's sin to his posterity, or a natural corruption and tendency to sin inherited from him. — Orig'- — inaFity, -Y-tY, n. Quality or state of being, etc.