Origin crossword clue 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10 letters

This selection for “Origin” comes from crosswords that used the same clue or one very close in wording. The answers below were matched successfully and published as valid solutions.

Answer List:

Synonyms and Definitions

SEED

• Synonyms: come, cum, ejaculate, germ, seeded player, semen, seminal fluid, source, sow
• Definition: a tiny, firm piece of fruit

SOURCE

• Synonyms: author, beginning, generator, informant, reference, reservoir, root, rootage, seed

ROOT

• Synonyms: ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, base, etymon, radical, root word, rootle, rout, settle, settle down, solution, steady down, stem, take root, theme, tooth root

GENESIS

• Synonyms: book of genesis, generation
• Definition: the process of coming into existence

PEDIGREE

• Synonyms: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, parentage, pedigreed, pureblood, pureblooded, stemma, stock, thoroughbred

STEM

• Synonyms: bow, fore, halt, prow, shank, stalk, stanch, staunch, stem turn
• Definition: In linguistics, its the version of a word once all affixes have been taken away.

CAUSE

• Synonyms: campaign, case, causa, causal agency, causal agent, crusade, do, drive, effort, get, grounds, have, induce, lawsuit, make, movement, reason, stimulate, suit

BIRTH

• Synonyms: bear, birthing, deliver, give birth, giving birth, nascence, nascency, nativity, parturition
• Definition: The moment something starts (particularly life)

SEEDS

• Definition: a tiny firm piece of fruit

PROVENANCE

• Synonyms: birthplace, cradle, place of origin, provenience

GERM

• Synonyms: bug, microbe

DERIVATION

• Synonyms: deriving, etymologizing, filiation