indigenous

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Derived terms 1.2.3 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Late Latin indigenus (“‘native, born in a country’”), from indi- (indu-), an old derivative of in (“‘in’”), gen- the root of gignere, and English -ous. English since the 17th century, obsolete is indigene, from the same Latin word, via French indigène.

[edit] Adjective

indigenous (not comparable)

1. born or engendered in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion, especially of plants and indigenous peoples.
2. figuratively, innate

[edit] Synonyms

• autochthonous
• aboriginal
• native

[edit] Derived terms

• indigenously
• indigenousness
• indigenity
• nonindigenous

[edit] Translations

• Dutch: inheems, inlands, autochtoon