originate

Everyday

1. To begin or come from a place, time or source (the game originated in Scotland). tree →
2. (formal) To invent or start something new. tree →

In the lessons

In history and geography: where foods, games and words originate. In science: where rivers originate (their source). Phrases: originate from, originate in, originate with.

Examples

• Football originated in England. tree →
• Chocolate originated in Central America. tree →
• The river originates in the mountains. tree →
• Where did this word originate? tree →
• The idea originated with a pupil in our class. tree →
• The storm originated far out at sea. tree →
• They think that a tale probably originated where it was found. tree →

Note

Regular verb. Noun: origin; adjective: original. Formal; everyday: "come from", "start". Pattern: originate in (a place), originate from (a source), originate with (a person).

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Sefer Yetzirah says that from the three mother letters came the three elements, and from them all things began. In the primary lessons: In history and geography: where foods, games and words originate. In science: where rivers originate (their source). Phrases: originate from, originate in, originate with.

Examples

• At first existed these three mothers, and there arose three masculine powers, and hence all things have originated. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →
• originated. (Thimus Harmonikale Symbolik Koeln 1876, vol. 1, pp. 79-83). (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• From this sym- bol originated the numeral 0 (.ji in the East-Arabian notation. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →

Note

Regular verb. Noun: origin; adjective: original. Formal; everyday: "come from", "start". Pattern: originate in (a place), originate from (a source), originate with (a person).