It's a persistent misconception that fortune cookies originated in China, when in fact, they came from Japan.

人们一直误以为幸运饼干源于中国，实际上它们是来自日本的。

Oh, so you've enlightened them about how it originated in the 4th century?

噢，所以你向他们阐述了圣诞老人如何起源于4世纪？

The disease originated in Africa.

这种疾病起源于非洲。

The distillation of rose petals to produce rosewater almost certainly originated in Ancient Persia.

用玫瑰花瓣提炼制造玫瑰水几乎可以肯定是起源于古波斯。

It originated on American soil.

它起源于美国。

Although the technology originated in the UK, it has been developed on a large scale in China.

虽说这项技术起源于英国，但是它在中国得到了大规模的发展。

Locke originated this theory in the 17th century.

洛克于17世纪创立了这个理论。