Beginning of the universe and life

• Abiogenesis
  Abiogenesis
  Abiogenesis or biopoesis is the study of how biological life arises from inorganic matter through natural processes, and the method by which life on Earth arose...
  
  , the study of how life on Earth arose from inanimate matter
• Cosmogony
  Cosmogony
  Cosmogony, or cosmogeny, is any scientific theory concerning the coming into existence or origin of the universe, or about how reality came to be. The word comes from the Greek κοσμογονία , from κόσμος "cosmos, the world", and the root of γίνομαι / γέγονα "to be born, come about"...
  
  , any theory concerning the origin of the universe
• Cosmology
  Cosmology
  Cosmology is the discipline that deals with the nature of the Universe as a whole. Cosmologists seek to understand the origin, evolution, structure, and ultimate fate of the Universe at large, as well as the natural laws that keep it in order...
  
  , the study of the universe and humanity's place in it
• Creation myth, a mytho-religious story or explanation that describes the beginnings of humanity, earth, life, and the universe
• Genesis creation narrative, creation as described in the first two chapters of the Book of Genesis in the Bible
• Creatio ex nihilo, Latin for "creation out of nothing", a phrase used in philosophical and theological contexts

Science and technology

• Dalsa Origin
  Dalsa Origin
  The Dalsa Origin was the first camera designed and built by Dalsa Corporation to be used specifically for digital cinematography.- Overview :...
  
  , a digital movie camera
• Original equipment manufacturer
  Original Equipment Manufacturer
  An original equipment manufacturer, or OEM, manufactures products or components that are purchased by a company and retailed under that purchasing company's brand name. OEM refers to the company that originally manufactured the product. When referring to automotive parts, OEM designates a...
  
   (OEM), manufactures products for another company's brand name
• Original soundtrack, recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, television program or video game
• The source of a river
  River
  A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...
  
   system
• The geographical pole
  Geographical pole
  A geographical pole is either of the two points—the north pole and the south pole—on the surface of a rotating planet where the axis of rotation meets the surface of the body...
  
  , used in cartography
• Time
  • A general point in time
    Time
    Time is a part of the measuring system used to sequence events, to compare the durations of events and the intervals between them, and to quantify rates of change such as the motions of objects....
    
    
  • Epochal date or event, see epoch (reference date)
    Epoch (reference date)
    In the fields of chronology and periodization, an epoch is an instance in time chosen as the origin of a particular era. The "epoch" then serves as a reference point from which time is measured...
    
    
  • Epochal moment, in astronomy, a reference for the orbital elements of a celestial body
• Mathematics
  • The point of intersection of the axes in the Cartesian coordinate system
    Cartesian coordinate system
    A Cartesian coordinate system specifies each point uniquely in a plane by a pair of numerical coordinates, which are the signed distances from the point to two fixed perpendicular directed lines, measured in the same unit of length...
    
    
  • The pole in the polar coordinate system
    Polar coordinate system
    In mathematics, the polar coordinate system is a two-dimensional coordinate system in which each point on a plane is determined by a distance from a fixed point and an angle from a fixed direction....
    
    
  • Origin (mathematics)
    Origin (mathematics)
    In mathematics, the origin of a Euclidean space is a special point, usually denoted by the letter O, used as a fixed point of reference for the geometry of the surrounding space. In a Cartesian coordinate system, the origin is the point where the axes of the system intersect...
    
    , a fixed point of reference for the geometry of the surrounding space

Computers

• Origin (software)
  Origin (software)
  Origin is a proprietary computer program for interactive scientific graphing and data analysis. It is produced by OriginLab Corporation, and runs on Microsoft Windows...
  
  , scientific graphing and data analysis software developed by OriginLab Corp
• SGI Origin 200
  SGI Origin 200
  The SGI Origin 200, code named Speedo, is an entry-level server computer developed and manufactured by SGI, introduced in October 1996 to accompany their mid-range and high-end Origin 2000. It is based on the same architecture as the Origin 2000 but has an unrelated hardware implementation...
  
  , a series of entry-level MIPS-based server computers made by Silicon Graphics
• SGI Origin 2000
  SGI Origin 2000
  The SGI Origin 2000, code named Lego, is a family of mid-range and high-end servers developed and manufactured by SGI and introduced in 1996 to succeed the SGI Challenge and POWER Challenge. At the time of introduction, these systems ran IRIX 6.4 and later, IRIX 6.5. A variant of the Origin 2000...
  
  , a series of mid-range to high-end MIPS-based server computers made by Silicon Graphics
• SGI Origin 3000, a series of mid-range to high-end MIPS-based server computers made by Silicon Graphics that succeeded the Origin 2000

Medicine and biology

• Paleoanthropology
  Paleoanthropology
  Paleoanthropology, which combines the disciplines of paleontology and physical anthropology, is the study of ancient humans as found in fossil hominid evidence such as petrifacted bones and footprints.-19th century:...
  
  , the study of human origin
• Origin of humanity, the study of human evolution
• Origin (anatomy)
  Origin (anatomy)
  The anatomical origin is a concept used when describing muscles, tendons, ligaments, nerves, and blood and lymph vessels. While it often has a slightly different meaning depending on which kind of origin is referred to, it is generally used to explain the relative location of the anatomical...
  
  , the place or point at which a part or structure arises
• Origin of replication
  Origin of replication
  The origin of replication is a particular sequence in a genome at which replication is initiated. This can either be DNA replication in living organisms such as prokaryotes and eukaryotes, or RNA replication in RNA viruses, such as double-stranded RNA viruses...
  
  , the location at which DNA replication is initiated
• The Origin of Species
  The Origin of Species
  Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, published on 24 November 1859, is a work of scientific literature which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. Its full title was On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the...
  
  , Charles Darwin's 1859 book
• Pedigree (dog), registered ancestry

Language, culture, philosophy, and religion

• Genealogy
  Genealogy
  Genealogy is the study of families and the tracing of their lineages and history. Genealogists use oral traditions, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kinship and pedigrees of its members...
  
  , origin of families
• The birth
  Birth
  Birth is the act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring. The offspring is brought forth from the mother. The time of human birth is defined as the time at which the fetus comes out of the mother's womb into the world...
  
   of a living entity, thought, belief or idea
• Epistemology, origin of knowledge
• Origin myth
  Origin myth
  An origin myth is a myth that purports to describe the origin of some feature of the natural or social world. One type of origin myth is the cosmogonic myth, which describes the creation of the world...
  
  , a story or explanation that describes the beginning of some feature of the natural or social world
• Origin story, or pourquoi story
  Pourquoi story
  A pourquoi story, also known as an origin story or an etiological tale, is a fictional narrative that explains why something is the way it is, for example why a snake has no legs, or why a tiger has stripes...
  
  , a fictional narrative that explains why something is the way it is
• Original sin
  Original sin
  Original sin is, according to a Christian theological doctrine, humanity's state of sin resulting from the Fall of Man. This condition has been characterized in many ways, ranging from something as insignificant as a slight deficiency, or a tendency toward sin yet without collective guilt, referred...
  
  , in Christian theology
• Etymology
  Etymology
  Etymology is the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time.For languages with a long written history, etymologists make use of texts in these languages and texts about the languages to gather knowledge about how words were used during...
  
  , origin of words
• Toponymy
  Toponymy
  Toponymy is the scientific study of place names , their origins, meanings, use and typology. The word "toponymy" is derived from the Greek words tópos and ónoma . Toponymy is itself a branch of onomastics, the study of names of all kinds...
  
  , origin of place names

Organizations

• Atos Origin
  Atos Origin
  Atos S.A. is an international information technology corporation which operates in 42 countries worldwide, with over 78,500 employees...
  
  , the company formed with the merger of BSO and Philips C&P (Communications & Processing) division
• Origin Energy
  Origin Energy
  -History:Origin Energy was formed in February 2000, as a result of a demerger from the Australian conglomerate Boral Limited, in which the energy business was removed from the building and construction materials business to form the new company....
  
  , an Australian gas and electricity company
• Origins (cosmetics)
  Origins (cosmetics)
  Origins is a cosmetics brand from USA, founded in 1990 by Leonard Lauder, son of Estee Lauder. It is one of the original brands of The Estee Lauder Companies, meaning that it was created by the Lauder family, not obtained through an acquisition or buy-out.The company is known for their natural...
  
  , a plant-based skin care and fragrance company of Estée Lauder
• Origins Institute
  Origins Institute
  The Origins Institute is an interdisciplinary research institute based in Hamilton, Ontario at McMaster University. It began its operations as an institute on July 1, 2004....
  
  , a department at McMaster University
• Origin Systems
  Origin Systems
  Origin Systems, Inc. was a computer game developer based in Austin, Texas that was active from 1983 to 2004...
  
  , a computer game developer
• Origins Game Fair, a game convention
• Original Confidence, now Oricon Inc, supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan
• Original trilogy (Star Wars), a media franchise

Books, comic books, and magazines

• Origin (magazine)
  Origin (magazine)
  Origin magazine, is an American poetry magazine that was founded in 1951 by Cid Corman. The magazine provided an early platform for the work of Charles Olson, Robert Creeley, Gary Snyder, Theodore Enslin and other important, ground-breaking poets, who collectively created an alternative to academic...
  
  , an American poetry magazine
• Origin story
  Origin story
  In comic book terminology, an origin story is an account or back-story revealing how a character or team gained their superpowers and/or the circumstances under which they became superheroes or supervillains....
  
  , in comic books, describing how a character gained their special abilities and/or how they became a superhero or supervillain
• Origin (comics)
  Origin (comics)
  Origin is a six-issue comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics from November 2001 to March 2002, written by Bill Jemas, Joe Quesada and Paul Jenkins, and illustrated by Andy Kubert and Richard Isanove ....
  
  , a comic book mini-series published by Marvel Comics in 2002
• Origins (Judge Dredd story)
  Origins (Judge Dredd story)
  Origins is one of the longest Judge Dredd storylines to run in the pages of British comic 2000 AD. Making extensive use of flashbacks, it tells the story of how the Judges of Mega-City One rose to power. It was written by John Wagner and illustrated by Carlos Ezquerra, who between them created...
  
  , a major Judge Dredd storyline running from 2006 through 2007
• Manifold: Origin
  Manifold: Origin
  Manifold: Origin is a science fiction novel by author Stephen Baxter from the Manifold Trilogy.This is the third installment in Stephen Baxter's Manifold trilogy. It sees Manifold regular Reid Malenfant and others once again dealing with possibilities of primate evolution in all forms and...
  
  , a 2001 science fiction book by Stephen Baxter
• Secret Origins
  Secret Origins
  Secret Origins is the title of three American comic book series published by DC Comics.The title began in 1961 and for one issue, all reprints. The title Secret Origins of Super Heroes went onto a second series, also reprints, which ran for seven issues from 1973-1974...
  
  , a comic book series published by DC Comics that told the origins of different characters
• Origin, a 2007 novel by Diana Abu-Jaber
  Diana Abu-Jaber
  Diana Abu-Jaber is Jordanian American author and a professor at Portland State University. She was born in Syracuse, New York. Her father was Jordanian and her mother was American, descended from Irish and German roots. At the age of seven she moved with her family for two years to Jordan...
  
  
• Origins, a fantasy novel in the Fourth World series by Kate Thompson
  Kate Thompson (author)
  Kate Thompson is an award-winning writer for children and adults. Born in Halifax, Yorkshire, she has lived in Ireland, where many of her books are set, since 1981. She is the youngest child of the social historians and peace activists E. P. Thompson and Dorothy Towers...
  
  
• Wolverine: Origins
  Wolverine: Origins
  Wolverine: Origins is a comic book series written by Daniel Way, published by Marvel Comics and starring Wolverine. Steve Dillon drew the series from the first issue through issue #25.-Publication history:...
  
  , a Marvel Comics series, the sequel to Wolverine: Origin
• Original English-language manga
  Original English-language manga
  Original English-language manga or OEL manga is the term commonly used to describe comic books or graphic novels in the "international manga" genre of comics whose language of original publication is English...
  
  , or OEL manga

Music

• Origin (band)
  Origin (band)
  Origin is an American death metal band from Topeka, Kansas, founded in 1998. They have been recognized by music critics and metal fans alike for combining a harsh sound with a high level of technical skill....
  
  , a technical death metal band from Kansas, United States
• Origin (Evanescence album)
• Origin (Borknagar album)
  Origin (Borknagar album)
  Origin is Borknagar's seventh studio album, and is primarily an acoustic effort. Origin explores the band's more progressive and traditional elements....
  
  
• Origin (Origin album)
• Origins (Steve Roach album)
• Original Pilipino Music, Philippine pop music
• Origin (jazz band), one of Chick Corea
  Chick Corea
  Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, and composer.Many of his compositions are considered jazz standards. As a member of Miles Davis' band in the 1960s, he participated in the birth of the electric jazz fusion movement. In the 1970s he formed Return to Forever...
  
  's bands

Television and film

• "Origin" (Angel), a 2004 episode of Angel
• Origin (Stargate), the religion of the Ori
• "Origin" (Stargate SG-1), a 2005 episode of Stargate SG-1
• Origin: Spirits of the Past, a 2006 anime movie also known as Gin-iro no Kami no Agito
• Origin (anime), an English title used for the anime series released as SoltyRei
• Original video animation
  Original video animation
  , abbreviated as media , are animated films and series made specially for release in home-video formats. The term originated in relation to Japanese animation...
  
  , used in Japanese animation

Video games

• F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, the sequel to F.E.A.R. by Monolith
• Origin, King of the Summon Spirits in Tales of Phantasia
  Tales of Phantasia
  is a Super Nintendo game in the RPG genre published by Namco and released in Japan in 1995, selling 212,000 copies. It is the first mothership title in the Tales RPG series and was later remade/re-released on the PlayStation, Game Boy Advance and PlayStation Portable...
  
  and its prequel, Tales of Symphonia
  Tales of Symphonia
  is a video game first released for the Nintendo GameCube and later for the PlayStation 2 in Japan. It debuted in Japan on August 29, 2003, selling 953,000 copies, in Canada and the United States on July 13, 2004, and in Europe on November 19, 2004. The game received a Japanese-only PlayStation 2...
  
  
• Spirits that are attached to The Mystics in Legaia 2: Duel Saga
  Legaia 2: Duel Saga
  Legaia 2: Duel Saga, known as in Japan, is a 2001 role-playing video game developed by Contrail and published by Sony in Japan and Eidos Interactive in North America and Europe...
  
  
• Silent Hill: Origins, is the fifth installment of the Silent Hill survival horror series
• Dragon Age: Origins
  Dragon Age: Origins
  Dragon Age: Origins is a single-player role-playing video game developed by BioWare's Edmonton studio and published by Electronic Arts. It is the first game in the Dragon Age franchise...
  
  , is a 2009 role-playing video game
• Rayman Origins
  Rayman Origins
  Rayman Origins is a platform game developed and published by Ubisoft for PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360, Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation Vita. The game was released on November 15, 2011 in North America, November 24, 2011 in Australia and November 25, 2011 in Europe for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii....
  
  , an upcoming entry in the Rayman
  Rayman
  Rayman is a platform video game published, produced and developed by Ubisoft and is the first game in the Rayman series of videogames. Originally released on the PlayStation in 1995, it was re-released for the Atari Jaguar, Sega Saturn and MS-DOS in 1996. It has also been ported to various formats,...
  
  series
• Origin (digital distribution platform), an online service from Electronic Arts that provides computer game downloads

Sports

• In Australian sports, Origin can refer to any of several State of Origin
  State of Origin
  State of Origin is the name used in Australia for one existing sporting event which involves domestic representative teams. The term, when used in isolation, usually refers to rugby league football, and occassionally Australian Football matches, in which players are selected for the Australian...
  
   games:
  • Rugby League State of Origin
    Rugby League State of Origin
    State of Origin is an annual best of three series of rugby league football matches contested by the Maroons and the Blues, who represent the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales respectively...
    
    
  • City vs Country Origin
    City vs Country Origin
    City vs Country is an annual Australian rugby league football match that takes place in New South Wales between City and Country representative sides. The City side represents the Sydney metropolitan area...
    
    
• Original Six
  Original Six
  The Original Six is a term for the group of six teams that composed the National Hockey League for the 25 seasons between the 1942–43 season and the 1967 NHL Expansion. These six teams are the Boston Bruins, Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, and the...
  
  , NHL teams

Other uses

• Origen
  Origen
  Origen , or Origen Adamantius, 184/5–253/4, was an early Christian Alexandrian scholar and theologian, and one of the most distinguished writers of the early Church. As early as the fourth century, his orthodoxy was suspect, in part because he believed in the pre-existence of souls...
  
   (185–254), early Christian scholar and theologian
• Origins Game Fair, an annual board game event in Columbus Ohio
• Origins Award
  Origins Award
  The Origins Awards are American awards for outstanding work in the game industry. They are presented by the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design at the Origins Game Fair on an annual basis for the previous year, so the 1979 awards were given at the 1980 Origins.The Origins Award is commonly...
  
  , presented by the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design at the Origins Game Fair
• Original character, a type of character
• Toyota Origin
  Toyota Origin
  The Toyota Origin is a limited edition Toyota automobile released in Japan. It was made available for sale in November 2000. It features a distinct new retro style modeled from the original "Toyopet" Crown and built on the same platform as the Toyota Progrès. The price was 7,000,000 yen...
  
  , a limited edition Toyota automobile released in Japan

See also

• Creation (disambiguation)
• Source (disambiguation)
• Ancestor
  Ancestor
  An ancestor is a parent or the parent of an ancestor ....
  
  
• Provenance
  Provenance
  Provenance, from the French provenir, "to come from", refers to the chronology of the ownership or location of an historical object. The term was originally mostly used for works of art, but is now used in similar senses in a wide range of fields, including science and computing...
  
  
• Philosophy of space and time
  Philosophy of space and time
  Philosophy of space and time is the branch of philosophy concerned with the issues surrounding the ontology, epistemology, and character of space and time. While such ideas have been central to philosophy from its inception, the philosophy of space and time was both an inspiration for and a...
  
  
• Point of reference (disambiguation)
• Yoni
  Yoni
  Yoni is the Sanskrit word for the vagina. Its counterpart is the lingam as interpreted by some, the phallus.It is also the divine passage, womb or sacred temple...