origo

See also: origó

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin orīgō. Doublet of origin.

Noun

origo (plural origos or origines)

1. (pragmatics) The reference point on which a deictic relationship is based.

   Synonym: deictic center

See also

• fons et origo
• origo gentis

Anagrams

• Goori

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin orīgō.

Noun

origo

1. origin (in a coordinate system)

Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin orīgō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoriɡo/, [ˈo̞riɡo̞]
• Rhymes: -oriɡo
• Hyphenation^(key): ori‧go

Noun

origo

1. (coordinate) origin

   Synonym: nollapiste

Declension

Inflection of origo (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation)
nominative		origo	origot
genitive		origon	origojen origoiden origoitten
partitive		origoa	origoja origoita
illative		origoon	origoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		origo	origot
accusative	nom.	origo	origot
	gen.	origon
genitive		origon	origojen origoiden origoitten
partitive		origoa	origoja origoita
inessive		origossa	origoissa
elative		origosta	origoista
illative		origoon	origoihin
adessive		origolla	origoilla
ablative		origolta	origoilta
allative		origolle	origoille
essive		origona	origoina
translative		origoksi	origoiksi
abessive		origotta	origoitta
instructive		—	origoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of origo (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative origoni origoni accusative nom. origoni origoni gen. origoni genitive origoni origojeni origoideni origoitteni partitive origoani origojani origoitani inessive origossani origoissani elative origostani origoistani illative origooni origoihini adessive origollani origoillani ablative origoltani origoiltani allative origolleni origoilleni essive origonani origoinani translative origokseni origoikseni abessive origottani origoittani instructive — — comitative — origoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative origosi origosi accusative nom. origosi origosi gen. origosi genitive origosi origojesi origoidesi origoittesi partitive origoasi origojasi origoitasi inessive origossasi origoissasi elative origostasi origoistasi illative origoosi origoihisi adessive origollasi origoillasi ablative origoltasi origoiltasi allative origollesi origoillesi essive origonasi origoinasi translative origoksesi origoiksesi abessive origottasi origoittasi instructive — — comitative — origoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative origomme origomme accusative nom. origomme origomme gen. origomme genitive origomme origojemme origoidemme origoittemme partitive origoamme origojamme origoitamme inessive origossamme origoissamme elative origostamme origoistamme illative origoomme origoihimme adessive origollamme origoillamme ablative origoltamme origoiltamme allative origollemme origoillemme essive origonamme origoinamme translative origoksemme origoiksemme abessive origottamme origoittamme instructive — — comitative — origoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative origonne origonne accusative nom. origonne origonne gen. origonne genitive origonne origojenne origoidenne origoittenne partitive origoanne origojanne origoitanne inessive origossanne origoissanne elative origostanne origoistanne illative origoonne origoihinne adessive origollanne origoillanne ablative origoltanne origoiltanne allative origollenne origoillenne essive origonanne origoinanne translative origoksenne origoiksenne abessive origottanne origoittanne instructive — — comitative — origoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative origonsa origonsa accusative nom. origonsa origonsa gen. origonsa genitive origonsa origojensa origoidensa origoittensa partitive origoaan origoansa origojaan origoitaan origojansa origoitansa inessive origossaan origossansa origoissaan origoissansa elative origostaan origostansa origoistaan origoistansa illative origoonsa origoihinsa adessive origollaan origollansa origoillaan origoillansa ablative origoltaan origoltansa origoiltaan origoiltansa allative origolleen origollensa origoilleen origoillensa essive origonaan origonansa origoinaan origoinansa translative origokseen origoksensa origoikseen origoiksensa abessive origottaan origottansa origoittaan origoittansa instructive — — comitative — origoineen origoinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• origosuora

Further reading

• “origo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin orīgō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔriɡo]
• Hyphenation: ori‧go

Noun

origo (plural origo-origo)

1. (anatomy) origin

   Antonym: insersi

Further reading

• “origo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Etymology

From orior (“to originate, to be born”) +‎ -īgō (suffix forming deverbal nouns).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /oˈriː.ɡoː/, [ɔˈriːɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈri.ɡo/, [oˈriːɡo]

Noun

orīgō f (genitive orīginis); third declension

1. (commencement) act, event or process of coming into existence: beginning, origination

   Synonyms: prīncipium, initium, līmen, exōrdium, rudīmentum, prīmōrdium

   Antonym: fīnis

2. (particularly, of life) event or process of being born, birth

   sine orīginis lābe ― without the stain of original sin

3. (source) origin, source

   Synonym: stirps

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	orīgō	orīginēs
genitive	orīginis	orīginum
dative	orīginī	orīginibus
accusative	orīginem	orīginēs
ablative	orīgine	orīginibus
vocative	orīgō	orīginēs

Derived terms

• orīginālis
• orīginārius (post-Classical)

Descendants

• Old French: orine (see there for further descendants)

Borrowings:

• → Asturian: orixe
• → Catalan: origen
• → Danish: origo
• → English: origo
• → Finnish: origo
• → Galician: orixe
• → Indonesian: origo
• → Italian: origine
• → Northern Sami: origo
• → Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: origo
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: origo
• → Occitan: origina
• → Old French: origine
  • French: origine
    • → Romanian: origine
  • → Middle English: origyne, origine
    • English: origin
    • Scots: origin, oreegin
• → Piedmontese: orìgin
• → Portuguese: origem
• → Romanian: origine
• → Sicilian: urìggini
• → Spanish: origen
• → Swedish: origo
• → Venetan: orixene

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “orīgo”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 7: N–Pas, page 416

Further reading

• “ŏrīgo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “origo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• origo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to trace one's descent from some one: originem ab aliquo trahere, ducere
    
  • to derive a word from... (used of an etymologist): originem verbi repetere a...
    
  • to give the etymological explanation of words: nomina enodare or verborum origines quaerere, indagare
    

Northern Sami

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin orīgō.

Noun

origo

1. origin

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[3], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin orīgō.

Noun

origo m (definite singular origoen, indefinite plural origoer, definite plural origoene)

1. (mathematics) origin (point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect)

References

• “origo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “origo” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin orīgō.

Noun

origo m (definite singular origoen, indefinite plural origoar, definite plural origoane)

1. (mathematics) origin (point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect)

References

• “origo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin orīgō.

Noun

origo c

1. origin (point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect)

Declension

Declension of origo

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	origo	origos
	definite	origon	origons
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—