Etymologists' interests (7)

I believe the answer is:

origins

(Other definitions for origins that I've seen before include "Beginnings, ancestry" , "Beginnings, sources" , "'Beginnings, starting points (7)'" , "Lines of descent" , "So I grin (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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