mindmap root((起源)) origin applies to the things or persons from which something is ultimately derived and often to the causes operating before the thing itself comes into being: an investigation into the ~s of baseball. source applies more often to the point where something springs into being: the ~ of the Nile. （spring快速突然出现: to emerge rapidly and suddenly: a brilliant idea that sprang out of nowhere突然冒出个好主意） inception stresses the beginning of the existence of something without implying anything about the causes: the business has been a success since its ~. root suggests a first, ultimate, or fundamental source often not readily discerned: a need to find the real ~ of violence. provenance a technical term, applies to the place where something originally came from: all the furniture is of English provenance. 这些家具都是英国货