C2 [ I ]起源，发源，发端;产生 to come from a particular place, time, situation, etc.
Although the technology originated in the UK, it has been developed in the US 尽管这项技术起源于英国，但它在美国得到了发展。
The game is thought to have originated among the native peoples of Alaska. 据认为，这项运动始于阿拉斯加的土著人。