country of origin

1. 1.

   the country where you were born

   Synonymsfatherlandhomelandmotherlandmother countrynative land

   Broadercountry

   Narrowerold country

Questions about country of origin

What does country of origin mean?

country of origin means "the country where you were born".

What is another word for country of origin?

Close synonyms include fatherland, homeland, motherland, mother country, native land. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is country of origin a common word?

country of origin is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.