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# originate

«originate» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **To begin or come from a place, time or source (the game…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (originate, originates, originated, originating)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To begin or come from a place, time or source (the game originated in Scotland). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/originate/#m1)

2) (formal) To invent or start something new. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/originate/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Sefer Yetzirah says that from the three mother letters came the three elements, and from them all things began. In the primary lessons: In history and geography: where foods, games and words originate. In science: where rivers originate (their source). Phrases: originate from, originate in, originate with.

### examples

- At first existed these three mothers, and there arose three masculine powers, and hence all things have originated. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/originate/#x1)
- originated. (Thimus Harmonikale Symbolik Koeln 1876, vol. 1, pp. 79-83). (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/originate/#x2)
- From this sym- bol originated the numeral 0 (.ji in the East-Arabian notation. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/originate/#x3)
- Football originated in England. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/originate/#x4)
- Chocolate originated in Central America. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/originate/#x5)
- The river originates in the mountains. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/originate/#x6)
- Where did this word originate? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/originate/#x7)
- The idea originated with a pupil in our class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/originate/#x8)
- The storm originated far out at sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/originate/#x9)
- They think that a tale probably originated where it was found. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/originate/#x10)

### note

Regular verb. Noun: origin; adjective: original. Formal; everyday: "come from", "start". Pattern: originate in (a place), originate from (a source), originate with (a person).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «originate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/originate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.