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aborigin

Origin:

1540-50; by back formation from aborigines < L Aborīginēs a race of pre-Roman inhabitants of Italy, prob. alter. of an earlier ethnonym by assoc. with ab origineA

ab·o·rig·i·nal [ab-uh-rij-uh-nl] -adjective 1. of, pertaining to, or typical of aborigines: aboriginal customs.

2. original or earliest known; native; indigenous: the aboriginal people of Tahiti.

-noun 3. aborigine ( def. 1 ) . Save

Origin:

1660-70; aborigine + -al1

-Related forms ab·o·rig·i·nal·i·ty, noun

ab·o·rig·i·nal·ly, adverb

-Synonyms

2. endemic, autochthonous, primordial. (source Dictionary. com)

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