| commencement(noun, act, appearance, cause, start) |
| origin(noun, cause, start, base) |
| genesis(noun, cause, start, rise) |
| outset(noun, appearance, cause, start) |
| birth(noun, cause, start, rise) |
| dawn(noun, cause, start, rise) |
| initiation(noun, act, appearance, cause, start) |
| onset(noun, attack, cause, start, rise) |
| source(noun, cause, start, point) |
| inauguration(noun, act, cause, start) |
| creation(noun, cause, start, development) |
| origination(noun, act, cause, start, rise) |
| rise(noun, start, beginning, opening) |
| root(noun, cause, base, beginning) |
| opening(noun, act, cause, start) |
| starting point(expression, idiom, cause, beginning) |
| introduction(noun, cause, start, new) |
| kickoff(noun, act, start, informal) |
| alpha(noun, cause, start, beginning) |
| dawning(noun, cause, start, rise) |