beginning 4noundomain: locationPrinceton WordNet [ver.3.1]EnglishDefinitionthe place where something begins, where it springs into beingReport errorPath to highest hypernymMorphologySynset graphExamples1.communism's Russian root2.Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River3.Jupiter was the origin of the radiation4.the Italian beginning of the RenaissanceSynonymsorigin 1root 2rootage 3source 1