Originate | Mean of originate in English Dictionary

/əˈrɪʤəˌneɪt/

• Verb
• to begin to exist
1. No one knows when or where the idea (first) originated.
2. These stories originated during earlier times.
3. The book originated as/from a series of lectures.
4. The sound seemed to originate from outside the room.
5. The custom is believed to have originated in the western U.S.
6. That idea did not originate with him. [=he was not the first person to have that idea]
• to cause (something) to exist
1. He did not originate the idea.
2. The policy was originated by the previous administration.