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aboriginal (adj.)

1660s, "first, earliest, existing from the beginning," especially in reference to inhabitants of lands colonized by Europeans, from aborigines (see aborigine) + -al (1). The specific Australian sense is attested from 1820, with capital A-. The noun meaning "an original inhabitant, an autochthon" is attested from 1760. Related: Aboriginallyaboriginality (1848); aboriginalism (1859).
 
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📘单词丨aborning (adv.)📘单词丨aborigine (n.)