4
dawning(noun, cause, start, rise, top)
4
first
4
foundation(noun, cause, start, base, beginning)
4
generation(noun, beginning, production, establishment, origin)
4
germ(noun, cause, influence, beginning, source)
4
nascence(noun, start, birth)
4
spring(noun, cause, start, rise, top)
4
stem(noun, cause, beginning, source, origin)
3
ancestry(noun, cause, influence, source, root)
3
debut(noun, appearance, start, beginning, opening)
3
descent
3
inchoation
3
prelude(noun, top, beginning, opening, creation)
3
threshold(noun, beginning, opening)
3
waterfall
3
wellspring(noun, cause, start, beginning, source)
3
whence
2
babyhood(noun, beginning)
2
appearance(arrival, entering)
2
beginnings(cause, source, origin)
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