Origo

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For the album by Burst, see Origo (album).

For the writer, see Iris Origo.

In pragmatics, the origo is the reference point on which deictic relationships are based. In most deictic systems, the origo identifies with the current speaker (or some property thereof). For instance, if the speaker, John, were to say "This is now my fish", then John would be the origo, and the deictic word "my" would be dependent on that fact. Likewise, his use of the word "this" and "now" communicate his properties, namely his location and point in time.

Origo is also the name of a public "software forge" (an environment for hosting software development projects) maintained at the ETH Zurich.

Origo also means "beginning" in Latin. It is the root for the word "Origin".