verb (formal)
1 [V] [usually +adv./prep.] to happen or appear for the first time in a particular place or situation:
The disease is thought to have originated in the tropics. * The word originated as a marketing term.
2 [VN] to create sth new:
Locke originated this theory in the 17th century.
originator noun:
Sir William James is thought to be the originator of fingerprinting as a means of identification.
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