point of origin

English

Noun

point of origin (plural points of origin)

A place where something comes from or originates.
- 1941 October, “Reclaiming Permanent Way Material”, in Railway Magazine, page 436:
  In the United States the Santa Fe was a pioneer in centralising its scrap handling at Corwith, near Chicago, but after 1924 abandoned this plan in favour of sorting at the point of origin.

References

“point of origin”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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