WordNet: beginning, origin, root, rootage, source

the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root"

• hypernym point

• hyponym derivation

• hyponym spring

• hyponym fountainhead, head, headspring

• hyponym headwater

• hyponym wellhead, wellspring

• hyponym jumping-off place, point of departure

• hyponym birthplace, cradle, place of origin, provenance, provenience

• hyponym home

• hyponym point source

• hyponym trail head, trailhead

beginning

• (suomi) alku (synonyymi)

origin

• (englanti) originate (derivationally related)
• (suomi) alku (synonyymi)

• (suomi) alkuperä (synonyymi)

root

• (englanti) root (derivationally related)
• (suomi) lähde (synonyymi)

• (suomi) juuri (synonyymi)

rootage

• (englanti) root (derivationally related)
• (suomi) juuristo (synonyymi)

source

• (suomi) alkulähde (synonyymi)

• (suomi) alkuperä (synonyymi)