Abkunft [v] (die ~), Abstammung [v] (die ~), Herkunft [v] (die ~), Ursprung [v] (die ~) {zn.} origin
ancestry
provenance
descent
derivation
background
lineage
Wir müssen zurück ins Mittelalter gehen, um den Ursprung zu verfolgen.
We must go back to the Middle Ages to trace the origin.