aborigines
See also: Aborigines and aborígines
English
Etymology
From Latin Aborīginēs, possibly from ab orīgine (“from the beginning”)[1].
Noun
aborigines
- plural of aborigine
- The original people of a location, originally Greek and Roman. [First attested in the mid 16th century.][2]
- Indigenous flora and fauna. [First attested in the late 17th century.][2]
- (historical) The inhabitants of a location before colonization by the Europeans occurred. [First attested in the early 18th century.][2]
References
- Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998], →ISBN), page 4
- “aborigines” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.
Latin
Noun
aboriginēs
- nominative plural of aborigō
- accusative plural of aborigō
- vocative plural of aborigō
References
- aborigines in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- aborigines in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
- aborigines in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aborigines in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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