The phrase "a probable origin of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the likely source or beginning of something, such as a concept, idea, or phenomenon.
Example: "The researchers proposed a probable origin of the ancient artifact based on its unique design and materials."
Alternatives: "a likely source of" or "a possible beginning of".
Here, we report on genetic evidence linking 'whale meat' products purchased in sushi restaurants in Los Angeles, USA and in Seoul, South Korea, to a probable origin in the scientific whaling programme of Japan.
The paper concludes with an explanation of the probable origin of the acoustic phenomenon contributing to the flow meter's state of the art repeatability, comments on how this might effect its future development, a typical gravimetric calibration and suggestions for further investigation.
Opening with a pair of chapters that draw upon the art-nature analogy developed in the manuscripts, Darwin framed the argument with an account of the probable origin of domestic animals, and by inference, of domesticated plants.
"In this way, we are indicating the probable origin of a class of "spontaneous" mutations," he says.
The probable origin of haplogroup A occurred in Eastern Anatolia, where it is still present among wild populations, and its presence in Eastern Iran probably is the result of a subsequent feralization of domestic goats.
As in our patient, these infections developed shortly after initiation of treatment with infliximab, which suggests that reactivation of a latent infection is the most probable origin of the disease.
A 17th-century map shows Cayo de Biscainhos, the probable origin of Key Biscayne.
The most probable origin of these Saudi haplotypes deserves a more detailed analysis.
A GC-skew analysis was performed to locate the probable origin of DNA replication.
A November investigation by prominent French epidemiologist, Renaud Piarroux, pointed to the Nepalese troops as the probable origin of the cholera strain, as did a study published by the journal of the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention and an investigation by Nepalese, Danish and Americans researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute in Arizona.
