'originate' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'originate' with 7 example sentences.
- originate verb
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: come into existence; take on form or shape
: bring into being
: begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc.
The custom originated in China.
Democracy originated in Ancient Greece.
I must know where these quotations originate.
Potatoes, tomatoes, and peppers originated in the Americas.
The fire originated from carelessness.
The theory of relativity originated with Einstein.
Where did the Olympic Games originate?