#origin__root__rootage__source__beginning the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root"
supertype: #point the precise location of something; a spatially limited location; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street"
subtype: #derivation.beginning the source from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues); "he prefers shoes of Italian derivation"
subtype: #spring.beginning a point at which water issues forth
subtype: #headspring__fountainhead__head the source of water from which a stream arises; "they tracked him back toward the head of the stream"
subtype: #headwaters the source of a river; "the headwaters of the Nile"
subtype: #wellspring__wellhead the source of water for a well
subtype: #jumping-off_place__jumpingoffplace__jumping-off_point__jumpingoffpoint a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched
subtype: #birthplace__cradle__place_of_origin__provenance where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; "the birthplace of civilization"
subtype: #home.beginning place where something began and flourished; "the United States is the home of basketball"
subtype: #point_source__pointsource a spatially constricted by concentrated source (especially of radiation or pollution)
subtype: #trail_head__trailhead the beginning of a trail
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