- bring into being
"He initiated a new program"
"Start a foundation"

- come into existence

- take on form or shape
"A new religious movement originated in that country"
"a love that sprang up from friendship"
"the idea for the book grew out of a short story"
"An interesting phenomenon uprose"

- begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc.
"The flight originates in Calcutta"

1. To give an origin or beginning to; to cause to be; to bring into existence; to produce as new.

"A decomposition of the whole civill and political mass, for the purpose of originating a new civil order." -- Burke.

1. To take first existence; to have origin or beginning; to begin to exist or act; as, the scheme originated with the governor and council.