origin

origine

Façon dont quelque chose a commencé, ou événement qui lui a donné naissance.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : the origin of something (Nobody knows the origin of this tradition.)

Synonymes : beginning, source

Expressions courantes : the origin of, trace the origin, ancient origin

origine, provenance

Lieu d’où vient quelque chose ou où il a été fabriqué.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : of ... origin (The vase is of Italian origin.)

Synonymes : source, provenance

Expressions courantes : country of origin, place of origin, foreign origin, origin of something

ascendance, origine

Famille, pays ou peuple dont viennent les ancêtres d’une personne.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : of ... origin (Her grandparents were of Polish origin.)

Synonymes : ancestry, descent, background

Expressions courantes : ethnic origin, of mixed origin, family origin