Originate Definition

ə-rĭjə-nāt

originated, originates, originating

verb

originated, originates, originating

To bring into being; esp., to create (something original); invent.

Webster's New World

To come into being; begin; start.

Webster's New World

To cause to be, to bring into existence; to produce, initiate. [from 17th c.]

Wiktionary

(intransitive) To come into existence; to have origin or beginning; to spring, be derived (from, with). [from 18th c.]

The scheme originated with the governor and council.

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Origin of Originate

From (the participle stem of) Late Latin *originare (“to begin, give rise to"), from Latin orÄ«gō (“origin"). Compare origin.

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