origine
/ɔ.ʁi.ʒin/
1.
nounfeminine
origin; background; roots; ancestry (personal, family, ethnic)
Il est d'origine italienne.
He is of Italian origin.
Synonyms:provenance, ascendance, milieu
2.
nounfeminine
source; beginning; cause (of an event, problem, phenomenon)
On cherche encore l'origine du problème.
We are still looking for the origin of the problem.
Synonyms:source, cause, début
