Original: The Olive (Olea europaea) is a species of a small tree in the family Oleaceae, native to the coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin, from Lebanon, Syria and the maritime parts of Turkey and northern Iran at the south end of the Caspian Sea.
Simplified: Originally it came from  the coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean, from Syria and the maritime parts of Asia Minor and northern Iran at the south end of the Caspian Sea.