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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ab o•rig•i•ne (äb ō rig′i ne′; Eng. ab ô rij′ə nē′, -ō rij′-),USA pronunciation - Foreign Terms[Latin.]from the very beginning;
from the source or origin.
ab•o•rig•i•ne (ab′ə rij′ə nē),USA pronunciation n. - Anthropologyone of the original or earliest known inhabitants of a country or region.
- Language Varieties, Language Varieties(cap.) Also, Aboriginal. Also called Australian Aborigine. a member of the dark-skinned people who were the earliest inhabitants of Australia.
- aborigines, the original, native fauna or flora of a region.
- Latin Aborīginēs a race of pre-Roman inhabitants of Italy, probably alteration of an earlier ethnonym by association with ab origine
- by back formation from aborigines 1540–50
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