originate

Universal Words 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. \