aborigines

See also: Aborigines and aborígines

English

Etymology

From Latin Aborīginēs, possibly from ab orīgine (“from the beginning”)[1].

Noun

aborigines

  1. plural of aborigine
  2. The original people of a location, originally Greek and Roman. [First attested in the mid 16th century.][2]
  3. Indigenous flora and fauna. [First attested in the late 17th century.][2]
  4. (historical) The inhabitants of a location before colonization by the Europeans occurred. [First attested in the early 18th century.][2]

References
  1. 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
  2. “aborigines” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

aboriginēs

  1. nominative plural of aborigō
  2. accusative plural of aborigō
  3. 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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