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Origin, origins, or original may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
Comics and manga
- Origin (comics), a Wolverine comic book mini-series published by Marvel Comics in 2002
- Origins (Judge Dredd story), a major Judge Dredd storyline running from 2006 through 2007
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin, a 2002 manga by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
- Secret Origins, a comic book series published by DC Comics that told the origins of different characters
- Wolverine: Origins, a Marvel Comics series
Films and television
- Origin (TV series), 2018 science-fiction TV series
- "Origin" (Angel), a fifth-season episode of Angel
- Origin: Spirits of the Past, a 2006 anime movie also known as Gin-iro no Kami no Agito
- Origin (Stargate), the religion of the Ori
- "Origin" (Stargate SG-1), a ninth-season episode of Stargate SG-1
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a 2009 superhero film, prequel to the X-Men film trilogy
- Origins: The Journey of Humankind, a National Geographic TV series
Gaming
- Origin (service), a video game digital distribution service and platform from Electronic Arts
- Origin, King of the Summon Spirits in Tales of Phantasia and its prequel, Tales of Symphonia
- Origins, spirits that are attached to The Mystics in Legaia 2: Duel Saga
- Origins Award, presented by the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design at the Origins Game Fair
- Origins Game Fair, an annual board game event in Columbus, Ohio
- Assassin's Creed Origins, part of the Assassin's Creed franchise
- Dragon Age: Origins, a 2009 role-playing video game and first installment of the Dragon Age series
- F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, the sequel to F.E.A.R. by Monolith
- Rayman Origins, a 2011 installment in the Rayman series
- Silent Hill: Origins, the fifth installment of the Silent Hill survival horror series and prequel to the original 1999 game
Literature
Fiction
- Origin (Baxter novel), a 2001 science fiction book by Stephen Baxter
- Origin (Brown novel), a 2017 novel by Dan Brown, the fifth installment in the Robert Langdon series
- Origin, a 2007 novel by Diana Abu-Jaber
- Origins, a fantasy novel in the Fourth World series by Kate Thompson
- The Origin (novel), a biographical novel of Charles Darwin by Irving Stone
Nonfiction
- Origins (Cato), Cato the Elder's lost work on Roman and Italian history
- Origins (Dartnell), a 2019 book by Lewis Dartnell on the impact of geology on human history
- Origins, a book on evolution by Richard Leakey and Roger Lewin
- The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin's 1859 book
Music
Groups
- Origin (band), an American technical death metal band
- The Origin (band), an early '90s alternative/indie power pop band
- Origin, one of the bands of American jazz musician Chick Corea
Albums
- Origin (Borknagar album), a 2006 rock album
- Origins (Bridge to Grace album), a 2015 rock album
- Origin (Dayseeker album), a 2015 post-hardcore album
- Origins (Eluveitie album), a 2014 folk metal album
- Origin (Evanescence album), a 2000 alternative metal album
- Origins (God Is an Astronaut album), a 2013 post-rock album
- Origins (Imagine Dragons album), a 2018 album by Imagine Dragons
- Origin (Origin album), 2000
- The Origin (The Origin album), a 1990 eponymous debut album by The Origin
- Origins (Steve Roach album), a 1993 ambient album
Periodicals
- Origin (magazine), an American poetry magazine
- Origins, a theological journal published by Catholic News Service (CNS)
- Origins, a peer-reviewed creation science journal of the Geoscience Research Institute (GRI)
Brands and enterprises
- Atos Origin, a company formed by the merger of BSO and Philips C&P (Communications & Processing) division
- Origin Energy, an Australian gas and electricity company
- Origin Enterprises, Irish agribusiness multinational
- Origin PC, a personal computer manufacturer
- Origin Systems, a former video game developer
- Origins (cosmetics), a plant-based skin care and fragrance company of Estée Lauder
- Toyota Origin, a limited edition Toyota automobile released in Japan
Philosophy and religion
- Creatio ex nihilo, Latin for "creation out of nothing", a phrase used in philosophical and theological contexts
- Creation myth, a symbolic account of how the world began and how people first came to inhabit it
- Origin myth, a story or explanation that describes the beginning of some feature of the natural or social world
- Origin story, or pourquoi story, a fictional narrative that explains why something is the way it is
- Origins, a theological journal published by Catholic News Service (CNS)
Science, technology and mathematics
Biology and medicine
- Origin (anatomy), the place or point at which a part or structure arises
- Abiogenesis, the study of how life on Earth arose from inanimate matter
- Noogenesis, the study of origin and evolution of mind
- Origin of humanity, the study of human evolution
- Origin of replication, the location at which DNA replication is initiated
- Paleoanthropology, the study of human origin
- Pedigree (dog), registered ancestry
Computing and technology
- Dalsa Origin, a digital movie camera
- Origin (service), video game digital distribution platform developed by Electronic Arts
- Origin (data analysis software), scientific graphing and data analysis software developed by OriginLab Corp
- Original equipment manufacturer (OEM), any company which manufactures products for another company's brand name
- SGI Origin 200, a series of entry-level MIPS-based server computers made by Silicon Graphics
- SGI Origin 2000, a series of mid-range to high-end MIPS-based server computers made by Silicon Graphics
- SGI Origin 3000, a series of mid-range to high-end MIPS-based server computers made by Silicon Graphics that succeeded the Origin 2000
Mathematics
- Origin (mathematics), a fixed point of reference for the geometry of the surrounding space
- Most commonly, the point of intersection of the axes in the Cartesian coordinate system
- Origin, the pole in the polar coordinate system
Time
- Origin, a general point in time
- Origin, an epochal date or event, see epoch
- Origin, in astronomy, an epochal moment, i.e., a reference for the orbital elements of a celestial body
Sports
- City vs Country Origin, an annual Australian rugby league football match
- International Origin Match, England vs Exiles
- State of Origin series, annual best-of-three rugby league football match
Other uses
See also
- Begin (disambiguation)
- Creation (disambiguation)
- Origen (disambiguation)
- Original (disambiguation)
- Point of origin (disambiguation)
- Source (disambiguation)
- Start (disambiguation)
- All pages with titles beginning with Origin
- All pages with titles containing Origin
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