LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

orīgō

orīgō f (genitive orīginis)
Classical[ɔˈriː.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[oˈriː.ɡo]

Meaning

  1. act, event or process of coming into existence: beginning, origination
  2. event or process of being born, birth
    sine orīginis lābewithout the stain of original sin
  3. origin, source

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

prīmum initium, fōns rērum
orīgō -inis (f) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 1
initium, fōns reī
orīgō -inis (f) — in Aeneis, ch. 4

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeorīgōorīginēs
genitiveorīginisorīginum
dativeorīginīorīginibus
accusativeorīginemorīginēs
ablativeorīgineorīginibus
vocativeorīgōorīginēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

originem verbi repetere a...
to derive a word from... (used of an etymologist).
originem ab aliquo trahere, ducere
to trace one's descent from some one.
nomina enodare or verborum origines quaerere, indagare
to give the etymological explanation of words.

ŏrīgo, ĭnis, f. orior,
I. earliest beginning, commencement, source, descent, lineage, birth, origin (class.; syn. ortus).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.: originem rerum quaerere, Cic. Univ. 3: origo tyranni, id. Rep. 2, 29, 51: principii nulla est origo: nam e principio oriuntur omnia, id. ib. 6, 25, 27: nullius autem rei causā remotā reperiri origo potest, id. Univ. 2, 3: rerum genitalis, Lucr. 5, 176: ab origine gentem (corripiunt morbi), Verg. G. 3, 473: summi boni, Cic. Fin 2, 10, 31: omnium virtutum, id. ib. 4, 7, 17: fontium qui celat origines Nilus, source, Hor. C. 4, 14, 45: auctore ab aliquo ducere originem, to derive one's origin from, to descend from, id. ib. 3, 17, 5: mentis causa malae est origo penes te, Juv. 14, 226: accipere, to take its origin, originate, Quint. 5, 11, 19: ducere ex Hispaniā, to be of Spanish derivation, id. 1, 5, 57: deducere ab aliquo, to derive one's origin from, descend from, Plin. 6, 20, 23, § 76: ab aliquo habere, to draw one's origin from, descend from, id. 15, 14, 15, § 49: trahere, id. 5, 24, 21, § 86: PATRONVS AB ORIGINE, i. e. from his ancestors, Inscr. Fabr. p. 101, n. 232.—
B. In partic.: Origines, the title of a work by Cato upon the early history of the Italian cities, Nep. Cat. 3, 3: quod (M. Cato) in principio scripsit Originum suarum, Cic. Planc. 27, 66; id. Sen. 11, 38.—Hence, in allusion to this title: quam ob rem, ut ille solebat, ita nunc mea repetet oratio populi origines; libenter enim etiam verbo utor Catonis, Cic. Rep. 2, 1, 3.—
II. Transf.
A. A race, stock, family, Ov. M. 1, 186: ille tamen nostrā deducit origine nomen, Verg. A. 10, 618: Vitelliorum originem alii aliam tradunt: partim veterem et nobilem, partim vero novam et obscuram, atque etiam sordidam, Suet. Vit. 1.—Of animals, Verg. G. 3, 473. —
B. Of persons, an ancestor, progenitor, founder: Aeneas, Romanae stirpis origo, Verg. A. 12, 166: celebrant carminibus antiquis Tuisconem deum terrā editum, et filium Mannum, originem gentis conditoresque, Tac. G. 2: hujus origo Ilus, Ov. M. 11, 755: mundi melioris origo, the creator, id. ib. 1, 79; cf. Stat. Th. 1, 680: eaeque (urbes) brevi multum auctae, pars originibus suis praesidio, aliae decori fuere, their mother-cities, Sall. J. 19, 1; so Liv. 26, 13; 38, 39; also in sing., id. 37, 37; Inst. 23, 1.
Ŏrīgo, ĭnis, f.,
I. a female proper name, Hor. S. 1, 2, 55.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-der. Proto-Italic *oriōr Latin orior Latin -īgō Latin orīgō From orior (“to originate, to be born”) + -īgō (suffix forming deverbal nouns).

Elsewhere
  • Catalanorigen
  • Englishorigo
  • Italianorigine
  • Occitanorigina
  • Frenchoriginefrom Old French origine
  • Romanianoriginefrom Old French origine
  • Englishoriginfrom Old French origine
  • Portugueseorigem
  • Spanishorigen
  • Old Frenchorine
Norwegian
  • Norwegian Bokmålorigo
  • Norwegian Nynorskorigo

In English words that came into English from orīgō

  • originorīgō
  • originalorīginālis
  • originateorīginātus
  • originationorīginātiō

Quick answers

What does orīgō mean in Latin?
orīgō, a noun, means “act, event or process of coming into existence: beginning, origination; event or process of being born, birth; origin, source”.
What is the genitive of orīgō?
The genitive singular is orīginis. orīgō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce orīgō?
In classical Latin, [ɔˈriː.ɡoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [oˈriː.ɡo].
Which English words come from orīgō?
English words that go back to Latin orīgō include origin, original, origination and originate.