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font(noun, cause, supply, source, foundation)
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fountain-head
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fountainhead(noun, person, cause, start, rise)
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head(noun, start, beginning, opening, introduction)
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hierarchy(noun, company, place, set, kind)
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launching(noun, start, beginning, impregnation, fertilization)
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mainspring(noun, verb, cause, start, reason)
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nascence(noun, start, birth)
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original(adjective, cause)
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paternity(noun, cause, foundation, basis, family)
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stem(noun, cause, beginning, source)
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stemma
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babyhood(noun, beginning, birth, dawn, conception)
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core(noun, cause, start, base, beginning)
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day one(noun, expression, cause, start, top)
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entrance(noun, cause, beginning, source, derivation)
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entry(noun, cause, beginning, source, derivation)
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generation(noun, family, blood, genus, clan)
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generator(noun, cause, source, basis, derivation)
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heritage(noun, family, history, descent, background)
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