origins

1. the place where something begins, where it springs into beingExamples: "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"Synonyms: beginning, origin, root, rootage, source

2. properties attributable to your ancestryExamples: "he comes from good origins"Synonyms: descent, extraction, origin

3. an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent eventsSynonyms: inception, origin, origination

4. the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zeroSynonyms: origin

5. the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derivedExamples: "the rumor had its origin in idle gossip"; "vegetable origins"; "mineral origin"Synonyms: origin

6. the descendants of one individualExamples: "his entire lineage has been warriors"Synonyms: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage