köken — meaning in English

English meaning

• lineage noun A line of descent traced from an ancestor; a family's ancestry or a sequence of generations.
• origin noun The point where something begins or comes from.
• provenance noun The place of origin or history of ownership of something, especially a work of art or artifact.
• root noun The underground part of a plant that anchors it and draws in water and nutrients.

Senses

köken is used for these senses in English:

• lineage Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
• origin The beginning of something.
• root (philology) A word from which another word or words are derived.

origin — full definition

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

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