Where does “Aborīginēs” come from?

Aborīginēs (Latin) comes from Latin orīgō, from Latin -igo, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

Aborīginēs (Latin): aborigines (original inhabitants)

Definitions

  1. aborigines (original inhabitants)

Ancestry of “Aborīginēs”, step by step

Aborīginēs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin orīgō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinorīgōcommencement act, event or process of coming into existence: beginning, origination
2Latin-igoEnlargement of -ō; Suffixed to nouns and to...
3Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

via Latin āb

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinābfrom, away from, out of
2Proto-Germanic*ab—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “Aborīginēs”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti →Every word from Proto-Italic agō →