rhizoverbBeta
DictionaryoriginationBeginning or creation
noun

origination

uh-rij-uh-NAY-shun/əˌrɪdʒɪˈneɪʃn/

The act or process of bringing something into existence.

The origination of each vessel involves shaping wet clay by hand.

A potter creates a new vessel from a lump of wet clay, with both hands visibly shaping its emerging walls on a pottery wheel.
Etymology
originLatinbeginning, source, birth
+ationLatinact or process

Built on the idea of a beginning or source, origination first named arising or coming into existence. Its meaning later extended to actively bringing something into existence—the creative side of beginning.

In context

BenStrangeInterview1:41
the origination of the investments in hedge funds came from families predominantly in the 80s and '90s
Ben Strange interviews Financier Richard Crosby of Western Capital. (Part 1 of 2)

More examples

  • The bank charges a fee for loan origination.
  • She credits her research partner with the origination of the idea.
  • The committee oversees the origination of new community programs.

Forms

origination · originations

originate verb — To bring something into existence.

originator noun — A person who first creates something.

Similar words

creation
Emphasizes making something new rather than its initial development.
inception
Names the beginning itself rather than the process of creating.
initiation
Emphasizes setting a process or activity in motion.