Origin and Prototype

Origin

Origin noun - A point or place at which something is invented or provided.

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Prototype and origin are semantically related In some cases you can use "Prototype" instead a noun "Origin".

Prototype noun - One of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like.

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Origin and prototype are semantically related in source topic. Sometimes you can use "Origin" instead a noun "Prototype".

original	original origin	original prototype
true	true origin	true prototype
single	single origin	single prototype
actual	actual origin	actual prototype
Other adjectives: real, new, possible, official, real-life.

But Now I Must Go: The Sorceress does this in her origin episode after she drives both The Evil Hordenote Or rather an early prototype version of them.

Source: Western Animation / He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983)
Knuckles Chaotix also had a sort of prototype to the team up theme of Sonic Heroes, though the true origin of that obviously lies with Sonic the Hedgehog 2.

Source: Older Than They Think / Video Games
Seventh, it would have been difficult for this to be the origin of crosses as anathema to vampires when Bram Stoker wouldn't invent the prototype of this trope (specifically regarding crucifixes, not crosses in general, being that Stoker was a Catholic) until 1897.

Source: Critical Research Failure

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