origin

起源、始まり

物事が最初に生まれた経緯や、そのきっかけとなった出来事。

やさしい英語で： The way something first began, or the event that caused it to exist.

• The story has an unusual origin.
• Scientists study the origin of life.
• We traced the origins of the festival back several centuries.

使い方： the origin of something (Nobody knows the origin of this tradition.)

類義語： beginning, source

よく使う表現： the origin of, trace the origin, ancient origin

原産地、出所

物が来た場所、または作られた場所。

やさしい英語で： The place something comes from or was made in.

• The label shows its country of origin.
• These goods are of foreign origin.
• Can you identify the origin of this wine?

使い方： of ... origin (The vase is of Italian origin.)

類義語： source, provenance

よく使う表現： country of origin, place of origin, foreign origin, origin of something

出自、血筋

祖先が属していた家族、国、民族など。

やさしい英語で： The family, country, or people your ancestors came from.

• He is proud of his family origins.
• Several students are of Turkish origin.
• The form asks about ethnic origin.

使い方： of ... origin (Her grandparents were of Polish origin.)

類義語： ancestry, descent, background

よく使う表現： ethnic origin, of mixed origin, family origin