beginning (n)
origin (n)
root (n)
rootage (n)
source (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 15
def the place where something begins, where it springs into being
examples 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
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Hypernym point
Derivationally related form rootage → root
Derivationally related form root → root
Derivationally related form origin → originate
Hyponym derivation; spring; fountainhead, headspring, head; headwater; wellhead, wellspring; jumping-off place, point of departure; birthplace, cradle, place of origin, provenance, provenience; home; point source; trail head, trailhead
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Hypernym derivation; spring; fountainhead, headspring, head; headwater; wellhead, wellspring; jumping-off place, point of departure; birthplace, cradle, place of origin, provenance, provenience; home; point source; trail head, trailhead
Hyponym point
Derivationally related form root → root
Derivationally related form root → rootage
Derivationally related form originate → origin

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