aborigines
See also: Aborigines and aborígines
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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]
- (history) 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
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “aborigines”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.
Anagrams
Latin
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “aborigines”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
- “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