origins

Noun

• the place where something begins, where it springs into being
• properties attributable to your ancestry
  • "he comes from good origins"
• an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
• the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero
• the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived
  • "vegetable origins"
• the descendants of one individual
• plural of origin

Synonyms

ancestry, beginning, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, extraction, inception, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, origination, parentage, pedigree, root, rootage, source, stemma, stock