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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
originate/əˈrɪʤɪneɪt/

▶verb have a specified beginning: the word originated as a marketing term.

■ create or initiate.

– derivatives
origination noun,
originative adjective,
originator noun.

'originator' also found in these Oxford entries:

author - backfire - copyright - father - grandfather - originate - posthumous - prime mover - progenitor - quotation - recoil - technology transfer

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