====== Origin ======

(Namespace: [[plural glossary:start]])

^ Type of term | Attribute of a [[system]] |
^ Synonyms or near-synonyms | See [[start#system origins]] |
^ Antonyms or near-antonyms | [[Agenic]] |

A [[system]]'s origin is how they became a system: the general overarching means by which their [[headmate|headmates]] [[splitting|split]] from the [[original]] [[singlet]], or by which they were //kept// split instead of ever forming a singlet in the first place, or by which they may otherwise have been created from or by preexisting system members. The concept is related to, but not to be confused with, a headmate's [[source]], which is how //that specific headmate// formed.