place of origin vs beginning

place of origin and beginning both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
place of origin	Yes	No	No	No
beginning	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, beginning is a hypernym of place of origin; that is, beginning is a word with a broader meaning than place of origin:

place of origin: where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
beginning: the place where something begins, where it springs into being

Other hypernyms of place of origin include origin, root, rootage, source.

place of origin (noun)	beginning (noun)
where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence	the act of starting something
	the first part or section of something
	the event consisting of the start of something
	the place where something begins, where it springs into being
	the time at which something is supposed to begin

place of origin (adjective)	beginning (adjective)
	serving to begin