originate

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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /əˈɹɪd͡ʒɪneɪt/
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• Australian: /əˈɹɪd͡ʒɪnæɪt/
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• New-Zealand: /əˈɹəd͡ʒənæɪt/
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From Medieval Latin orīginātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more. By surface analysis, origin + -ate.

From Medieval Latin orīginātus, perfect passive participle of orīginō (“to begin, give rise to”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more), from orīgō (orīgin- in compounds) + -ō. Compare Italian originare and Spanish originar.

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: пора́ждам (poráždam) — to give origin to, cause
• Bulgarian: създавам (sǎzdavam) — to give origin to, cause
• Catalan: originar — to give origin to, cause
• Ngazidja Comorian: uhentsi — to give origin to, cause
• French: instituer — to give origin to, cause
• Galician: orixinar — to give origin to, cause
• German: entwickeln — to give origin to, cause
• German: erzeugen — to give origin to, cause
• Greek: γεννώ (gennó) — to give origin to, cause
• Hungarian: megteremt — to give origin to, cause
• Italian: originare — to give origin to, cause
• Italian: dare origine — to give origin to, cause
• Korean: 비롯하다 (birothada) — to give origin to, cause
• Māori: take — to give origin to, cause
• Māori: pūtake — to give origin to, cause
• Portuguese: originar — to give origin to, cause
• Russian: создава́ть (sozdavátʹ) — to give origin to, cause
• Russian: созда́ть (sozdátʹ) — to give origin to, cause
• Russian: порожда́ть (poroždátʹ) — to give origin to, cause
• Russian: породи́ть (porodítʹ) — to give origin to, cause
• Scots: oreeginate — to give origin to, cause
• Spanish: originar — to give origin to, cause
• Ukrainian: породжувати (porodžuvaty) — to give origin to, cause
• Ukrainian: створювати (stvorjuvaty) — to give origin to, cause
• Vietnamese: sáng tạo — to give origin to, cause
• Vietnamese: phát minh — to give origin to, cause
• Vietnamese: bắt đầu — to give origin to, cause
• Azerbaijani: qaynaqlanmaq — to take first existence, have origin
• Bulgarian: произхождам (proizhoždam) — to take first existence, have origin
• Bulgarian: възниквам (vǎznikvam) — to take first existence, have origin
• Catalan: originar — to take first existence, have origin
• Dutch: voortkomen — to take first existence, have origin
• Esperanto: origini — to take first existence, have origin
• French: venir de — to take first existence, have origin
• German: entstehen — to take first existence, have origin
• German: entspringen — to take first existence, have origin
• Greek: προέρχομαι (proérchomai) — to take first existence, have origin
• Hungarian: ered — to take first existence, have origin
• Hungarian: származik — to take first existence, have origin
• Italian: originare — to take first existence, have origin
• Italian: avere origine — to take first existence, have origin
• Korean: 기원하다 (giwonhada) — to take first existence, have origin
• Latin: provenio — to take first existence, have origin
• Malayalam: ഉത്ഭവിക്കുക (utbhavikkuka) — to take first existence, have origin
• Māori: take — to take first existence, have origin
• Portuguese: originar — to take first existence, have origin
• Russian: происходи́ть (proisxodítʹ) — to take first existence, have origin
• Russian: произойти́ (proizojtí) — to take first existence, have origin
• Russian: возника́ть (voznikátʹ) — to take first existence, have origin
• Russian: возни́кнуть (vozníknutʹ) — to take first existence, have origin
• Scots: oreeginate — to take first existence, have origin
• Spanish: originarse — to take first existence, have origin
• Ukrainian: виникати (vynykaty) — to take first existence, have origin
• Ukrainian: похо́дити (poxódyty) — to take first existence, have origin
• Vietnamese: hình thành — to take first existence, have origin
• Vietnamese: bắt nguồn — to take first existence, have origin