origin

How to sign: the place where something begins, where it springs into being
"the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root";

Similiar / Same: source, root, rootage, beginning

Categories: point

Within this category: derivation, spring, fountainhead, headwaters, wellhead, jumping-off place, birthplace, home, point source, trail head

origin

How to sign: the descendants of one individual
"his entire lineage has been warriors";

Similiar / Same: lineage, ancestry, pedigree, bloodline, blood line, stemma, blood, line of descent, parentage, descent, stock, line

Categories: genealogy, family tree

Within this category: family, breed, side