Confusion with word definition (出身)


I'm stuck with this odd word

出身 alone means graduate but when i put it into this sentence どこの出身ですか what
does it mean?




[出身](http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/%E5%87%BA%E8%BA%AB) can refer to your alma
mater or to where you were born. It can mean the noun "graduate" as in "I am a
graduate of Harvard." but not the verb "to graduate".

In your sentence どこの出身ですか is likely asking the 2nd, but could also be asking,
"Which university are you a graduate of?"

