point of origin

English

Noun

point of origin (plural points of origin)

1. 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.