English → Latin
“origin” in Latin
orīgōact, event or process of coming into existence: beginning, origination; event or process of being born, birth; origin, soriorto rise, get up; to appear, arise, become visible; to be born, come to exist, originateprīmōrdiumbeginning, origin; commencementprī̆ncepsfirst, foremost; chief, distinguishedfōnswater issuing from the ground, a spring; the water or waters of a river, sea etc.; a well, fountain or font (a large constirpsrootstock; the lowest part of the trunk of a plant, including the roots.; a plant, shrub, shoot, sprout; lineage, race, caputthe head (of humans and animals); head; top; summit; point; end; extremity (beginning or end); origin; source; spring; hrādīxroot (of a plant); radish; lower part of an object; rootincūnābulaswaddling clothes; the apparatus of the cradle; birthplace, origintrahōto drag, pull; to trail; to extract, withdraw, derive, take away
The English word origin itself goes back to Latin orior, through orīgō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
origin
origo: ortus (of the place from which a thing comes): primordia, plur., (primitive state or condition): principium (beginning). Figuratively, fons: stirps; caput; radices, plur.; incunabula, plur. The second and third books treat of the origin of the Italian states, secundus et tertius liber continet unde quaeque civitas orta sit Italica (Nep., Cat., 3, 3): to have its origin in anything, originem ab aliquo habere (Plin.), trahere (Liv.), ducere (Hor.); emanare ex aliquo fonte (Cic.); ortum, natum esse, proficisci ab aliqua re; gigni ex aliqua re.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for origin?
- The usual Latin words for “origin” are orīgō, orior, prīmōrdium; also prī̆nceps, fōns, stirps. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.