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- root — Elihu [el-uh-hyoo] /ˈɛl əˌhyu/ (Show IPA), 1845–1937, U.S. lawyer and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1912.
- origin — something from which anything arises or is derived; source; fountainhead: to follow a stream to its origin.
- foundation — the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.
- descent — A descent is a movement from a higher to a lower level or position.
- genealogy — a record or account of the ancestry and descent of a person, family, group, etc.
- basis — If something is done on a particular basis, it is done according to that method, system, or principle.
- spin-off — Commerce. a process of reorganizing a corporate structure whereby the capital stock of a division or subsidiary of a corporation or of a newly affiliated company is transferred to the stockholders of the parent corporation without an exchange of any part of the stock of the latter. Compare split-off (def 3), split-up (def 3).
- provenance — place or source of origin: The provenance of the ancient manuscript has never been determined.
- well — in a good or satisfactory manner: Business is going well.
- ancestry — Your ancestry is the fact that you are descended from certain people.
- inception — beginning; start; commencement.
- provenience — provenance; origin; source.
- beginning — The beginning of an event or process is the first part of it.
- wellspring — the head or source of a spring, stream, river, etc.; fountainhead.
- source — any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
- seed — the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- cradle — A cradle is a baby's bed with high sides. Cradles often have curved bases so that they rock from side to side.