Sentence examples for origin of that word from inspiring English sources

What's the origin of that word?

The most likely theory about the origin of this word is that it is an alteration of work, because that word has a history of being used in similar ways, with dancers being encouraged to "work it".

The generally accepted explanation for the origin of the word is that it came from a group of early twitchers who used to race about on motorcycles, like The Wild One except not really, ticking off birds ("you bad, bad bird you").

The BBC Trust committee acknowledged that "most" dictionaries state that the origin of the word pikey is related to Travellers and Gypsy communities.

Professor Dershowitz informs my researcher, Juliet Mohnkern, that he considers today's brief definition to be a "misapplication" of the complicated procedure that was the origin of the word: strapping a person to a board that rested on a fulcrum, like a seesaw, with the torturer on the other end able to plunge the prisoner's head into a pool of water.

It's not a coincidence that the origin of the word company is "companion", corporation is "body", and organization is "organ". Just as we talk about human development as a combination of nature and nature, perhaps the growth of organizations follows a similar path.

Did you know that the origin of the word breakfast is break fast?

Dictionary editor Katherine Martin told the Guardian that the origin of the word can be traced to Australia.

Correction: This post originally mischaracterized the origin of the word "mansplaining" and has been adjusted.

Principles do not change; they are first, that is the origin of the word," he said.

At the time, I did not know that Michelangelo Signorile had written about the origins of the word and that its etymology shows the word was coined by a closeted gay man.