オリジン

noun

origin

A straightforward loanword meaning the starting point or source of something. Used in similar contexts to English 'origin', but may sound slightly technical or formal in Japanese.

• この言こと葉ばのオリジンはラテン語ごです。

  The origin of this word is Latin.

• その伝でん統とうのオリジンは古ふるい神しん話わにある。

  The origin of that tradition lies in an old myth.