Origin
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Origin(s) or The Origin may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
Comics and manga
- Origin (comics), a Wolverine comic book mini-series published by Marvel Comics in 2002
 - The Origin (Buffy comic), a 1999 Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic book series
 - Origins (Judge Dredd story), a major Judge Dredd storyline running from 2006 through 2007
 - Origin (manga), a 2016 manga by Boichi
 - Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin, a 2002 manga by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
 - Wolverine: Origins, a Marvel Comics series
 - Atharva – The Origin, a 2022 Indian superhero comic
 
Films
- Origin (film), a 2023 film written and directed by Ava DuVernay
 - Origin: Spirits of the Past, a 2006 anime movie also known as Gin-iro no Kami no Agito
 - X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a 2009 superhero film, prequel to the X-Men film trilogy
 - Out of Darkness (2022 film), originally titled The Origin, a British horror film directed by Andrew Cumming
 
Television
- Origin (TV series), 2018 science-fiction TV series
 - "Origin" (Angel), a fifth-season episode of Angel
 - Origin (Stargate), the religion of the Ori
 - "Origin" (Stargate SG-1), a ninth-season episode of Stargate SG-1
 - Origins: The Journey of Humankind, a National Geographic TV series
 - "The Origin" (Dark), episode 4 of season 3 of the Dark TV series
 - "The Origins" (The Amazing World of Gumball), a two-part fourth-season episode of The Amazing World of Gumball
 
Gaming
- Origin (service), a video game digital distribution service and platform from Electronic Arts
 - Origin Systems, a former video game developer
 - Origin, King of the Summon Spirits in Tales of Phantasia and its prequel, Tales of Symphonia
 - Origins, spirits that are attached to The Mystics in Legaia 2: Duel Saga
 - Origins Award, presented by the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design at the Origins Game Fair
 - Origins Game Fair, an annual board game event in Columbus, Ohio
 - Assassin's Creed Origins, part of the Assassin's Creed franchise
 - Batman: Arkham Origins, part of the Batman game franchise
 - Dragon Age: Origins, a 2009 role-playing video game and first installment of the Dragon Age series
 - F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, the sequel to F.E.A.R. by Monolith
 - Rayman Origins, a 2011 installment in the Rayman series
 - Sonic Origins, a 2022 video game collection in the Sonic the Hedgehog series
 - Silent Hill: Origins, the fifth installment of the Silent Hill survival horror series and prequel to the original 1999 game
 - Origins, the final zombies map released for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
 - Origin, the final dungeon of Xenoblade Chronicles 3
 
Literature
Fiction
- Origin (Baxter novel), a 2001 science fiction book by Stephen Baxter
 - Origin (Brown novel), a 2017 novel by Dan Brown, the fifth installment in the Robert Langdon series
 - Origin, a 2007 novel by Diana Abu-Jaber
 - Origins, a fantasy novel in the Fourth World series by Kate Thompson
 - The Origin (novel), a biographical novel of Charles Darwin by Irving Stone
 
Nonfiction
- Origins (Cato), Cato the Elder's lost work on Roman and Italian history
 - Origins, a book on evolution by Richard Leakey and Roger Lewin
 
Music
- The Origin (Einhorn), a 2009 opera/oratorio by Richard Einhorn
 
Groups
- Origin (band), an American metal band formed in 1997
 - The Origin (band), an American rock and power pop band 1985–1992
 - Origin, a jazz group led by Chick Corea
 
Albums
- Origin (Borknagar album), 2006
 - Origin (Dayseeker album), 2015
 - Origin (Evanescence demo album), 2000
 - Origin (Origin album), 2000
 - Origin (Omnium Gatherum album), 2021
 - Origin (Jordan Rakei album), 2019
 - Origin, an EP by Kelly Moran, 2019
 - The Origin (album), by The Origin, 1990
 - Origins (Bridge to Grace album), 2015
 - Origins (Eluveitie album), 2014
 - Origins (God Is an Astronaut album), 2013
 - Origins (Imagine Dragons album), 2018
 - Origins (Dan Reed Network album), by Dan Reed Network, 2018
 - Origins, by Steve Roach, 1993
 - The Origins, by Ganja White Night, 2018
 
Songs
- "Origin", by Neurosis from their 2007 album Given to the Rising
 
Periodicals
- Origin (magazine), an American poetry magazine
 - Origins, a theological journal published by Catholic News Service (CNS)
 - Origins, a peer-reviewed creation science journal of the Geoscience Research Institute (GRI)
 
Brands and enterprises
- Atos Origin, a company formed by the merger of BSO and Philips C&P (Communications & Processing) division
 - Origin Energy, an Australian gas and electricity company
 - Origin Enterprises, Irish agribusiness multinational
 - Origin PC, a personal computer manufacturer
 - Origins (cosmetics), a plant-based skin care and fragrance company of Estée Lauder
 - Toyota Origin, a limited edition Toyota automobile released in Japan
 - Origin (3D printing), a San Francisco-based 3D printing company acquired by Stratasys
 
Philosophy and religion
- Creatio ex nihilo, Latin for "creation out of nothing", a phrase used in philosophical and theological contexts
 - Creation myth, a symbolic account of how the world began and how people first came to inhabit it
 - Origin myth, a story or explanation that describes the beginning of some feature of the natural or social world
 - Origin story, or pourquoi story, a fictional narrative that explains why something is the way it is
 - Origins, a theological journal published by Catholic News Service (CNS)
 
Science, technology and mathematics
Biology and medicine
- Origin (anatomy), the place or point at which a part or structure arises
 - Abiogenesis, the study of how life on Earth arose from inanimate matter
 - Noogony, the study of the origin of concepts in the mind
 - Origin of humanity, the study of human evolution
 - Origin of replication, the location at which DNA replication is initiated
 - Paleoanthropology, the study of human origin
 - Pedigree (dog), registered ancestry
 
Computing and technology
- Dalsa Origin, a digital movie camera
 - Origin of a URI, as used in the Same-origin policy
 - Origin (data analysis software), scientific graphing and data analysis software developed by OriginLab Corp
 - Origin OS, a China-only mobile operating system by Vivo
 - Original equipment manufacturer (OEM), any company which manufactures products for another company's brand name
 - SGI Origin 200, a series of entry-level MIPS-based server computers made by Silicon Graphics
 - SGI Origin 2000, a series of mid-range to high-end MIPS-based server computers made by Silicon Graphics
 - SGI Origin 3000, a series of mid-range to high-end MIPS-based server computers made by Silicon Graphics that succeeded the Origin 2000
 - Origination, a concept in Voice over IP telephony
 
Mathematics
- Origin (mathematics), a fixed point of reference for the geometry of the surrounding space 
- Most commonly, the point of intersection of the axes in the Cartesian coordinate system
 
 - Origin, the pole in the polar coordinate system
 
Time
- Origin, a general point in time
 - Origin, an epochal date or event, see epoch
 - Origin, in astronomy, an epochal moment, i.e., a reference for the orbital elements of a celestial body
 
Other
- Origin, in cosmogony, any theory concerning the origin of the universe
 - Origin, in cosmology, the study of the universe and humanity's place in it
 
Sports
- Rugby League football
 
- International Origin, England vs Exiles
 - City vs Country Origin (1911–2017), annual match in New South Wales
 - State of Origin series (often simply "Origin"), annual best-of-three NSW vs Queensland
 
Other uses
- Origin, or genealogy, the origin of families
 - Origin, or etymology, the origin of words
 - Origin, or toponymy, the origin of place names
 
See also
- Begin (disambiguation)
 - Creation (disambiguation)
 - Origen (disambiguation)
 - Original (disambiguation)
 - Point of origin (disambiguation)
 - Source (disambiguation)
 - Start (disambiguation)
 - All pages with titles beginning with Origin
 - All pages with titles containing Origin