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Origin, origins, or original may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Comics and manga

Main article: Origins (comics)
  • Origin (comics), a Wolverine comic book mini-series published by Marvel Comics in 2002
  • Origins (Judge Dredd story), a major Judge Dredd storyline running from 2006 through 2007
  • Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin, a 2002 manga by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
  • Secret Origins, a comic book series published by DC Comics that told the origins of different characters
  • Wolverine: Origins, a Marvel Comics series

Films and television

  • Origin (TV series), 2018 science-fiction TV series
  • "Origin" (Angel), a fifth-season episode of Angel
  • Origin: Spirits of the Past, a 2006 anime movie also known as Gin-iro no Kami no Agito
  • Origin (Stargate), the religion of the Ori
  • "Origin" (Stargate SG-1), a ninth-season episode of Stargate SG-1
  • X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a 2009 superhero film, prequel to the X-Men film trilogy
  • Origins: The Journey of Humankind, a National Geographic TV series

Gaming

  • Origin (service), a video game digital distribution service and platform from Electronic Arts
  • Origin, King of the Summon Spirits in Tales of Phantasia and its prequel, Tales of Symphonia
  • Origins, spirits that are attached to The Mystics in Legaia 2: Duel Saga
  • Origins Award, presented by the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design at the Origins Game Fair
  • Origins Game Fair, an annual board game event in Columbus, Ohio
  • Assassin's Creed Origins, part of the Assassin's Creed franchise
  • Batman: Arkham Origins, part of the Batman game franchise
  • Dragon Age: Origins, a 2009 role-playing video game and first installment of the Dragon Age series
  • F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, the sequel to F.E.A.R. by Monolith
  • Rayman Origins, a 2011 installment in the Rayman series
  • Silent Hill: Origins, the fifth installment of the Silent Hill survival horror series and prequel to the original 1999 game
  • Origins, the final zombies map released for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2

Literature

Fiction

  • Origin (Baxter novel), a 2001 science fiction book by Stephen Baxter
  • Origin (Brown novel), a 2017 novel by Dan Brown, the fifth installment in the Robert Langdon series
  • Origin, a 2007 novel by Diana Abu-Jaber
  • Origins, a fantasy novel in the Fourth World series by Kate Thompson
  • The Origin (novel), a biographical novel of Charles Darwin by Irving Stone

Nonfiction

  • Origins (Cato), Cato the Elder's lost work on Roman and Italian history
  • Origins (Dartnell), a 2019 book by Lewis Dartnell on the impact of geology on human history
  • Origins, a book on evolution by Richard Leakey and Roger Lewin
  • The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin's 1859 book

Music

Groups

  • Origin (band), an American technical death metal band
  • The Origin (band), an early 1990s alternative/indie power pop band
  • Origin, one of the bands of American jazz musician Chick Corea

Albums

  • Origin (Borknagar album), a 2006 rock album
  • Origins (Bridge to Grace album), a 2015 rock album
  • Origin (Dayseeker album), a 2015 post-hardcore album
  • Origins (Eluveitie album), a 2014 folk metal album
  • Origin (Evanescence album), a 2000 alternative metal album
  • Origins (God Is an Astronaut album), a 2013 post-rock album
  • Origins (Imagine Dragons album), a 2018 album by Imagine Dragons
  • Origin (Origin album), 2000
  • The Origin (The Origin album), a 1990 eponymous debut album by The Origin
  • Origins (Steve Roach album), a 1993 ambient album

Periodicals

Brands and enterprises

  • Atos Origin, a company formed by the merger of BSO and Philips C&P (Communications & Processing) division
  • Origin Energy, an Australian gas and electricity company
  • Origin Enterprises, Irish agribusiness multinational
  • Origin PC, a personal computer manufacturer
  • Origin Systems, a former video game developer
  • Origins (cosmetics), a plant-based skin care and fragrance company of Estée Lauder
  • Toyota Origin, a limited edition Toyota automobile released in Japan

Philosophy and religion

  • Creatio ex nihilo, Latin for "creation out of nothing", a phrase used in philosophical and theological contexts
  • Creation myth, a symbolic account of how the world began and how people first came to inhabit it
  • Origin myth, a story or explanation that describes the beginning of some feature of the natural or social world
  • Origin story, or pourquoi story, a fictional narrative that explains why something is the way it is
  • Origins, a theological journal published by Catholic News Service (CNS)

Science, technology and mathematics

Biology and medicine

  • Origin (anatomy), the place or point at which a part or structure arises
  • Abiogenesis, the study of how life on Earth arose from inanimate matter
  • Noogenesis, the study of origin and evolution of mind
  • Origin of humanity, the study of human evolution
  • Origin of replication, the location at which DNA replication is initiated
  • Paleoanthropology, the study of human origin
  • Pedigree (dog), registered ancestry

Computing and technology

  • Dalsa Origin, a digital movie camera
  • Origin of a URI, as used in the Same-origin policy
  • Origin (data analysis software), scientific graphing and data analysis software developed by OriginLab Corp
  • Original equipment manufacturer (OEM), any company which manufactures products for another company's brand name
  • SGI Origin 200, a series of entry-level MIPS-based server computers made by Silicon Graphics
  • SGI Origin 2000, a series of mid-range to high-end MIPS-based server computers made by Silicon Graphics
  • SGI Origin 3000, a series of mid-range to high-end MIPS-based server computers made by Silicon Graphics that succeeded the Origin 2000

Mathematics

  • Origin (mathematics), a fixed point of reference for the geometry of the surrounding space
    • Most commonly, the point of intersection of the axes in the Cartesian coordinate system
  • Origin, the pole in the polar coordinate system

Time

  • Origin, a general point in time
  • Origin, an epochal date or event, see epoch
  • Origin, in astronomy, an epochal moment, i.e., a reference for the orbital elements of a celestial body

Other

  • Origin, in cosmogony, any theory concerning the origin of the universe
  • Origin, in cosmology, the study of the universe and humanity's place in it

Sports

  • City vs Country Origin, an annual Australian rugby league football match
  • International Origin Match, England vs Exiles
  • State of Origin series, annual best-of-three rugby league football match

Other uses

  • Origin, or genealogy, the origin of families
  • Origin, or etymology, the origin of words
  • Origin, or toponymy, the origin of place names

See also

  • Begin (disambiguation)
  • Creation (disambiguation)
  • Origen (disambiguation)
  • Original (disambiguation)
  • Point of origin (disambiguation)
  • Source (disambiguation)
  • Start (disambiguation)
  • All pages with titles beginning with Origin
  • All pages with titles containing Origin
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