| provenience(noun, place, cause, start, point) |
| origin(noun, cause, start, point, source) |
| source(noun, cause, start, point, beginning) |
| birthplace(noun, cause, foundation, basis) |
| derivation(noun, cause, start, point, source) |
| root(noun, cause, start, point, base) |
| place of origin(noun, expression, idiom, place, source) |
| beginning(noun, cause, start, point, well) |
| cradle(noun, cause, foundation, basis, root) |
| fountain(noun, cause, start, point, well) |
| inception(noun, cause, start, beginning, source) |
| fount(noun, cause, start, point, well) |
| genesis(noun, cause, beginning, source, creation) |
| rise(noun, cause, start, beginning, source) |
| fountainhead(noun, cause, start, point, well) |
| origination(cause, source, foundation, basis, derivation) |
| well(noun, cause, start, point, beginning) |
| ancestry(noun, cause, influence, source, root) |
| commencement(noun, cause, start, beginning, source) |
| country of origin(noun, place, source, origin, provenience) |