FromMedieval Latinorīginātus,perfect passive participle oforīginō(“to begin, give rise to”) (see-ate(verb-forming suffix) for more), fromorīgō(orīgin- in compounds) +-ō. CompareItalianoriginare andSpanishoriginar.
- IPA(key): /əˈɹɪd͡ʒɪneɪt/
- Hyphenation:ori‧gi‧nate
originate (third-person singular simple presentoriginates,present participleoriginating,simple past and past participleoriginated)
- (transitive) To cause (someone or something) to be; to bring (someone or something) into existence; toproduce orinitiate a person or thing.[from 17th c.]
1960 December, “More L.T. progress with programme machines”, inTrains Illustrated, page758:At Putney Bridge the train description transmissions for eastbound trains must beoriginated as there is no manned signal cabin on the London Transport system beyond this point; [...].
1998 July 12, James Hebert, “Banderas puts his mark on 'Zorro'”, inSan Diego Union-Tribune:For the first time since Douglas Fairbanks Sr.originated the role in the 1920 silent "The Mark of Zorro," the hero will be played by a Hispanic actor.
2002,Colin Jones,The Great Nation, Penguin, published2003, page171:The financial backers whooriginated theEncyclopédie project in 1745 had no idea about what they were getting into.
2012 January, Michael Riordan, “Tackling Infinity”, inAmerican Scientist[1], volume100, number 1, archived fromthe original on30 April 2013, page86:Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent inoriginating the theories.
- (intransitive) To come into existence; to have origin or beginning; tospring, be derived (from,with).[from 18th c.]
The schemeoriginated with the governor and council.
1951 October, H. C. Casserley, “Crane Engines”, inRailway Magazine, page660:The idea of fitting a crane to an engine for shunting duties, primarily in works yards, appears to haveoriginated with the North London Railway engine in 1872.
to give origin to, cause
- Bulgarian:пораждам (bg)(poraždam),създавам (bg)(sǎzdavam)
- Catalan:originar (ca)
- French:instituer (fr)
- Galician:orixinar (gl)
- German:entwickeln (de),erzeugen (de)
- Greek:γεννώ (el)(gennó)
- Hungarian:megteremt (hu)
- Italian:originare (it),dareorigine
- Korean:비롯하다 (ko)(birothada)
- Maori:take,pūtake
- Ngazidja Comorian:uhentsi
- Portuguese:originar (pt)
- Russian:создава́ть (ru) impf(sozdavátʹ),созда́ть (ru) pf(sozdátʹ),порожда́ть (ru) impf(poroždátʹ),породи́ть (ru) pf(porodítʹ)
- Scots:oreeginate
- Spanish:originar (es)
- Ukrainian:породжувати(porodžuvaty),створювати (uk)(stvorjuvaty)
- Vietnamese:sáng tạo (vi),phát minh (vi),bắt đầu (vi)
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to take first existence, have origin
Translations to be checked
FromMedieval Latinorīginātus, seeEtymology 1 and-ate(adjective-forming suffix) for more. Bysurface analysis,origin +-ate.
originate (notcomparable)
- (obsolete, rare, with 'upon')Founded on, having itsorigin in (something).
1679,John Kid,The last speeches of the two ministers Mr. John King, and Mr. John Kid,[brace] at the place of execution at Edenburgh on the 14th day of August, 1679, page23:My Testimony to and Abhorrence of every Invasion..against Christs Royal prerogative,..Originate upon and derivate from that which they call the Supremacy
- “originate”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney,Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “originate”, inThe Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.:The Century Co.,→OCLC.
originate
- inflection oforiginare:
- second-personpluralpresentindicative
- second-personpluralimperative
- femininepluralpastparticiple
originate
- second-personsingular voseoimperative oforiginar combined withte
