place of origin

1. 1.

   where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence

   “the birthplace of civilization”

   Synonymsbirthplacecradleprovenanceprovenience

   Broaderbeginning

Questions about place of origin

What does place of origin mean?

place of origin means "where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence".

What is another word for place of origin?

Close synonyms include birthplace, cradle, provenance, provenience. 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 place of origin a common word?

place 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.