in origin

idiom

—used to refer to a source or cause

The English word "rendezvous" is French in origin.

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The contents seemed to be Asian in origin: intricate lacquered screens and bolts of cloth, thousands of slender rattan canes, and an extraordinary array of porcelain, all preserved in the darkness of the ocean. —

Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024 The charges against Ahmed and Alaa Omer suggest that the group was, instead, authentically Sudanese in origin. —

Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 16 Oct. 2024 Sometimes, objects that loop around Earth aren’t even cosmic in origin. —

Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Sep. 2024 The shutdown led to a significant increase in origin railyard dwell times, spiking by 200 percent on August 23 prior to MacKinnon’s announcement, according to data from supply chain visibility provider Project44. —

Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 4 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for in origin