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
origine - French Definition & Examples