Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Origination

Origination , noun

[Latin originatio.]

1.
The act or process of bringing or coming into existence; first production.
The origination of the universe. — Keill
What comes from spirit is a spontaneous origination. — Hickok
2.
Mode of production, or bringing into being.
This eruca is propagated by animal parents, to wit, butterflies, after the common origination of all caterpillars. — Ray