Timeline for Is there a common expression for "origin of everything"? What could it be?
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| Mar 26, 2015 at 8:02 | history | edited | user66974 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 26, 2015 at 7:56 | comment | added | Alexey Krasheninnikov | Or the true Origin? OK, if nothing else shows up, I'll have to stick with something like that. Thanks for trying to help! | |
| Mar 26, 2015 at 7:54 | comment | added | user66974 | the very beginning of (something) is the expression I'd probably use. | |
| Mar 26, 2015 at 7:51 | comment | added | Alexey Krasheninnikov | Well, consider a situation where you see a bad translation into English and want to help someone out. With a phrase in the heading like "This important process is the beginning of beginnings [meaning you can't possibly get going in any of the related processes without entering this one]" - what would you suggest? Or if it were a song with the words in another language saying "home sweet home, the origin of origins" that you want to explain to your English-speaking friends? | |
| Mar 26, 2015 at 7:47 | comment | added | Alexey Krasheninnikov | Actually, the word Origin itself is closer to what I meant than the Genesis. The Source is not bad either, but it also less expressive than the expression I'm looking for. | |
| Mar 26, 2015 at 7:46 | comment | added | user66974 | What do you mean by pathetic hyperbole? a humorous way to express the concept? | |
| Mar 26, 2015 at 7:42 | comment | added | Alexey Krasheninnikov | Thanks, I know the term, it is widely used in philosophy and science. However it is not so pathetic or hyperbolic as I had hoped, not adding much emphasis either :) | |
| Mar 26, 2015 at 7:39 | history | answered | user66974 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |