Ursprung — meaning in English

English meaning

• origin noun The point where something begins or comes from.
• seed noun A small hard part of a plant from which a new plant can grow.
• source noun The place, person, or thing that something originates from.

Senses

Ursprung is used for these senses in English:

• fountainhead (figuratively) An abundant source of knowledge, etc.
• origin The beginning of something.
• origin The source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• origin (mathematics) The point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect.
• origin (in the plural) Ancestry.
• seed (countable, figurative) A precursor.
• source The person, place, or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.

origin — full definition

1. noun The point where something begins or comes from.
2. noun A person's ancestry or background.

seed — full definition

1. noun A small hard part of a plant from which a new plant can grow.
2. noun The origin or starting point of something that later develops.
3. noun A competitor's ranked starting position in a tournament.
4. verb To plant seeds in an area.
5. verb To assign a rank or starting position to a competitor in a tournament.

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