Origin in Different Languages
Discover 'Origin' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Origin
Afrikaans oorsprong | ||
Albanian origjina | ||
Amharic መነሻ | ||
Arabic الأصل | ||
Armenian ծագում | ||
Assamese মূলত | ||
Aymara kawkhatasa | ||
Azerbaijani mənşə | ||
Bambara bɔyɔrɔ | ||
Basque jatorria | ||
Belarusian паходжанне | ||
Bengali উত্স | ||
Bhojpuri मूल | ||
Bosnian porijeklo | ||
Bulgarian произход | ||
Catalan origen | ||
Cebuano gigikanan | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 起源 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 起源 | ||
Corsican urigine | ||
Croatian podrijetlo | ||
Czech původ | ||
Danish oprindelse | ||
Dhivehi އޮރިޖިން | ||
Dogri मुंढ | ||
Dutch oorsprong | ||
English origin | ||
Esperanto origino | ||
Estonian päritolu | ||
Ewe dzɔtsoƒe | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pinagmulan | ||
Finnish alkuperää | ||
French origine | ||
Frisian oarsprong | ||
Galician orixe | ||
Georgian წარმოშობა | ||
German ursprung | ||
Greek προέλευση | ||
Guarani ypykue | ||
Gujarati મૂળ | ||
Haitian Creole orijin | ||
Hausa asali | ||
Hawaiian kumu | ||
Hebrew מָקוֹר | ||
Hindi मूल | ||
Hmong keeb kwm | ||
Hungarian eredet | ||
Icelandic uppruna | ||
Igbo mbido | ||
Ilocano naggappuan | ||
Indonesian asal | ||
Irish bunadh | ||
Italian origine | ||
Japanese 原点 | ||
Javanese asal usul | ||
Kannada ಮೂಲ | ||
Kazakh шығу тегі | ||
Khmer ប្រភពដើម | ||
Kinyarwanda inkomoko | ||
Konkani मूळ | ||
Korean 유래 | ||
Krio usay i kɔmɔt | ||
Kurdish reh | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ڕەسەن | ||
Kyrgyz келип чыгышы | ||
Lao ຕົ້ນກໍາເນີດ | ||
Latin originem, | ||
Latvian izcelsmi | ||
Lingala ebandeli | ||
Lithuanian kilmę | ||
Luganda ensibuko | ||
Luxembourgish urspronk | ||
Macedonian потекло | ||
Maithili मूल | ||
Malagasy niaviany | ||
Malay asal | ||
Malayalam ഉത്ഭവം | ||
Maltese oriġini | ||
Maori takenga mai | ||
Marathi मूळ | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯍꯧꯔꯛꯐꯝ | ||
Mizo chawrchhuahna | ||
Mongolian гарал үүсэл | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) မူလ | ||
Nepali उत्पत्ति | ||
Norwegian opprinnelse | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chiyambi | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଉତ୍ପତ୍ତି | ||
Oromo madda | ||
Pashto اصل | ||
Persian اصل و نسب | ||
Polish pochodzenie | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) origem | ||
Punjabi ਮੂਲ | ||
Quechua qallariy | ||
Romanian origine | ||
Russian происхождение | ||
Samoan amataga | ||
Sanskrit श्रोतं | ||
Scots Gaelic tùs | ||
Sepedi setlogo | ||
Serbian порекло | ||
Sesotho tšimoloho | ||
Shona mavambo | ||
Sindhi اصليت | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) සම්භවය | ||
Slovak pôvodu | ||
Slovenian porekla | ||
Somali asal ahaan | ||
Spanish origen | ||
Sundanese asal | ||
Swahili asili | ||
Swedish ursprung | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pinagmulan | ||
Tajik пайдоиш | ||
Tamil தோற்றம் | ||
Tatar чыгышы | ||
Telugu మూలం | ||
Thai ต้นกำเนิด | ||
Tigrinya መሰረት | ||
Tsonga sukaka kona | ||
Turkish menşei | ||
Turkmen gelip çykyşy | ||
Twi (Akan) abɔseɛ | ||
Ukrainian походження | ||
Urdu اصل | ||
Uyghur كېلىپ چىقىشى | ||
Uzbek kelib chiqishi | ||
Vietnamese gốc | ||
Welsh tarddiad | ||
Xhosa imvelaphi | ||
Yiddish אָפּשטאַם | ||
Yoruba orisun | ||
Zulu imvelaphi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "oorsprong" in Afrikaans derives from the Dutch word "oorsprong" which also means "source" or "beginning". |
| Albanian | The word "origjina" in Albanian also means "beginning" or "source". |
| Amharic | The word "መነሻ" can also mean "source" or "beginning" in Amharic. |
| Arabic | In Arabic, "الأصل" (al-asl) also refers to the root or foundation of something, and can be used to describe one's lineage or ancestry. |
| Armenian | The word "ծագում" in Armenian is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰenǵʰ-, meaning "to be born, to come into existence". |
| Azerbaijani | "Mənsə" is also a term for a person's place of residence or birthplace. |
| Basque | 'Jatorria' is a noun derived from the verb 'jator' (to descend) and can also refer to the descent of a person or animal. |
| Belarusian | Паходжанне is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *xodь, meaning "to walk" or "to go." |
| Bengali | The word "উত্স" also means "source" or "beginning" in Bengali. |
| Bosnian | "Porijeklo" is a Bosnian word that comes from the Old Slavic word "poręklo", meaning "coming from" or "birthplace". |
| Bulgarian | The word "произход" can also mean "extraction" or "provenance" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "origen" comes from the Latin word "origo", but it can also refer to the point of departure for a journey or to the beginning of a period of time. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 起源 (qí yuán) is also a Buddhist term meaning the beginning of enlightenment. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 起源 can also mean "root" or "source". |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "urigine" also refers to a place of retreat like a den, cave, or hollow. |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "podrijetlo" is a derivative of the Proto-Slavic word *podъ-ritati, meaning "to dig under". |
| Czech | The word "původ" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "půrvъ", which also means "time" or "beginning". |
| Danish | "Oprindelse" derives from the Old Norse word "uppruni", meaning "that which comes from a source or rises up from something else". |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "oorsprong" also means "source" and shares its etymology with "spring" (a body of water) and "to spring" (to jump). |
| Esperanto | The |
| Estonian | "Päritolu" contains the genitive of "pära" (ancestor) and "tule" (come). |
| Finnish | "Alkuperää" can also refer to "originality", "authenticity" or "indigenousness" in Finnish. |
| French | "Origine" derives from the Latin noun "origo" and refers also to the source of a family or group. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "oarsprong" is derived from the Proto-West Germanic word "*awiz-sprangiz", meaning "origin" or "source". |
| Galician | The Galician term "orixe" comes from the Latin "origo", meaning "beginning" or "source". |
| German | Ursprung is also used in German geography to refer to a spring or source of a river, from the Middle High German word "ursprinc"} |
| Greek | The word "προέλευση" is derived from the verb "προέρχομαι", which means "to come from" or "to have its origin in". |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "મૂળ" can also mean "foundation" or "basis". |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "orijin" can also refer to someone's background, ancestry, or cultural heritage. |
| Hausa | Hausa 'asali' is likely derived from the word 'asal' (root) or 'azali' (beginning). Also refers to an ancestral home. |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, the word “kumu” can also refer to a teacher, expert, or source of knowledge. |
| Hebrew | The word "מָקוֹר" (origin) in Hebrew also means "fountain", "spring", "source" and "root". |
| Hindi | "मूल" also means "price" in Hindi, originating from the Sanskrit word "mulya" meaning "value". |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "keeb kwm" can also refer to the place or location where a person is from, or a person's ancestral roots. |
| Hungarian | In the 17th and 18th centuries, it also meant "family" and "ancestral home". |
| Icelandic | Uppruni, a cognate with the word "runa", is closely related to concepts such as mystery, magic and secret knowledge. |
| Igbo | In the Igbo language, the word "mbido" carries the meanings of "beginning," "source," and "ancestry." |
| Indonesian | The word "asal" in Indonesian can also mean "essence" or "source". |
| Irish | In Irish, "bunadh" can also refer to a family's lineage or the origin of a person's name. |
| Italian | The Italian word "origine" comes from the Latin word "origo" which means "beginning" or "source". |
| Japanese | 原点 is a homophone for "starting point". Thus, the word can also be used to refer to the beginning or source of an object or event. |
| Javanese | The word "asal usul" in Javanese can also mean root, source, or ancestor. |
| Kannada | The word "ಮೂಲ" in Kannada can also refer to a square root or a type of medicinal plant, indicating its diverse semantic range. |
| Kazakh | The word "шығу тегі" can also refer to a person's ancestry or lineage. |
| Korean | "유래" can also mean "reason" or "ground" |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "reh" also means "way, path, or direction". |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "келип чыгышы" not only means "origin", but also the process of its occurrence. |
| Latin | The Latin word "originem" also pertains to the beginning of a process or activity. |
| Latvian | The word "izcelsmi" can also refer to the process or act of originating or coming into existence. |
| Lithuanian | In Tatar, "kilme" means "to come from" |
| Luxembourgish | Urspronk can also refer to a small stream. |
| Macedonian | The root of the word "потекло" is "тече" ("teche"), referring back to the flow from which something originates. |
| Malagasy | "niaviany" can also mean "reason, cause" or "basis"} |
| Malay | The word "asal" can also mean "essence" or "substance" in Malay, similar to its Sanskrit root "asli". |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word "ഉത്ഭവം" is derived from the Sanskrit word "utpādam," which also means "production" or "generation." |
| Maltese | The word "oriġini" in Maltese can also mean "lineage" or "lineage". |
| Maori | The word 'takenga mai' derives from the verbs 'ta' (to seize) and 'kenga' (to lift up). |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "मूळ" (origin) is cognate with the Sanskrit word "मूल" (root) and can also refer to the base of a plant or tree. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "гарал үүсэл" can also refer to the source or cause of something. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | မူလ (mu-la) in Myanmar (Burmese) also means "capital" or "headquarters" when referring to an organization. |
| Nepali | "उत्पत्ति" (origin) in Nepali derives from Sanskrit "utpatti," which also means 'production, generation, creation, source, beginning, growth, rise, development, issue, birth, existence, being, subsistence, property, wealth.' |
| Norwegian | Opprinnelse means "origin" in Norwegian and comes from the Old Norse word "uppruni," which means "source" or "beginning." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The etymology of "chiyambi" is related to the idea of a "starting point" and the verb "to start". |
| Pashto | The word "اصل" in Pashto can also mean "base", "foundation", or "root." |
| Persian | The term اصل و نسب (asal va nasab) in Persian can also refer to "lineage" or "family tree."} |
| Polish | The word "pochodzenie" derives from the Proto-Slavic word "*poti" meaning "path" or "journey". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Origem" comes from the Latin word "origo," which also means "source" or "beginning." |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word "ਮੂਲ" has connotations of "root", "cause", and "foundation", implying a deeper connection or source from which things emerge and grow. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, the word "origine" can also have the alternate meaning of "birthplace." |
| Russian | The Russian word "происхождение" also refers to "lineage" and "descent". |
| Samoan | The Samoan word 'amataga' also refers to the 'beginning of a new year' or 'first day of the week'. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "tùs" can also refer to the beginning of a story or the introduction to a book. |
| Serbian | The word "порекло" not only means "origin," but also implies "descent," as in being a descendant of a family line. |
| Sesotho | The word "tšimoloho" originates from the verb "ho tšimola" meaning "to create" or "to give birth to" in Sesotho. |
| Shona | 'Mavambo' is thought to be derived from the Proto-Bantu root *mabV, meaning 'mother' or 'source', suggesting its fundamental significance as the starting point of a lineage or a place of belonging. |
| Sindhi | The word "اصليت" also means "essence" or "nature" in Sindhi. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The term “සම්භවය” in Sinhalese is derived from the Sanskrit word “सम्भव”, meaning “to become possible”. |
| Slovak | The word pôvodu comes from the Proto-Slavic word *povodъ, meaning "origin, source". |
| Slovenian | The word "porekla" in Slovenian also has the alternate meaning of "lineage" or "extraction". |
| Somali | The Somali word "asal ahaan" can also mean "originally" or "by origin". |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "origen" originates from the Latin word "oriri," meaning "to rise" or "to begin." |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, "asal" can also mean "first". |
| Swahili | The Swahili term "asili" is derived from the verb "ku-asi" meaning "to begin" and can also refer to a "source" or a "foundation." |
| Swedish | The word 'ursprung' is likely derived from the Gothic word 'uz-runn', meaning 'out of course'. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In Tagalog, "pinagmulan" can also refer to one's roots, ancestry, or heritage. |
| Tajik | "Пайдоиш" derived from the Persian word "paidā'išt" meaning 'creation' or 'coming into existence'" |
| Telugu | మూలం is also the name of a type of dance found in Telangana, India. |
| Thai | Originally meaning "the bottom of a tree," "ต้นกำเนิด" (origin) is an idiom comparing the root of a tree with the beginning of something. |
| Turkish | The word "Menşei" can also mean "cause" or "source" in Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "походження" can also refer to "descent" or "lineage". |
| Urdu | The Arabic word "اصل" has different meanings depending on the context, such as "principal," "root," or "capital" |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "kelib chiqishi" can also refer to the place where the person came from, like city or country. |
| Vietnamese | Gốc can also refer to the base of a tree, the source of a river, or the beginning of a story. |
| Welsh | The word 'tarddiad' is also used to refer to the 'beginning' or 'source' of something. |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word 'imvelaphi' derives from the verb 'vela' meaning 'to come', referring to the place, time, or source from which something originates. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "אָפּשטאַם" also means "ancestry", "lineage", or "descent." |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "orisun" can also refer to a source of water or a river. |
| Zulu | The word "imvelaphi" not only means "origin", but also refers to the original stock or source of something. |
| English | The word "origin" derives from the Latin word "origo", which means "beginning" or "source". |