Where does “Aborigines” come from?
Aborigines derives from Latin aborigines, formed from Latin ab meaning "from" and Latin orior meaning "to rise or originate."
Aborigines (English): plural of Aborigine
Ancestry of “Aborigines”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | Aborīginēs | — |
| 2 | Latin | orīgō | — |
| 3 | Latin | -igo | Enlargement of -ō; Suffixed to nouns and to... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |