English
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Original comes from Middle English original, from Old French original, from Late Latin orīginālis ‘primitive’, from Latin orior ‘to originate’, from Proto-Italic *oriōr.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*oriōr‘to rise’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEorior‘to originate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEorīgō‘beginning’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEorīginālis‘primitive’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400original
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘original’
- Englishearliest quotation 1700same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*oriōr‘to rise’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEorior‘to originate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEorīgō‘beginning’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEorīginālis‘primitive’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400original
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘original’
- Englishearliest quotation 1700same form
Earliest quotation: 1700, Tom Brown, Amusements Serious and Comical: “I have a great mind to be in Print;…”
Formed from origin + -al
Proto-Italic *oriōr ‘to rise’
Latin orior ‘to rise’
Latin orīgō ‘beginning’
Old French origine
Middle English origine
English origin
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- ‘to rise, to spring’
run, ride, earn, orient, irritable, irritate, ornithology, erne, orogeny, 16 more
through Latin orior ‘to originate, to be born’
abortion, abort, aborigines, orienteering, 7 more
through Latin orīgō ‘beginning, source, origin’
Today it means
adj Relating to the origin or beginning; preceding all others.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *oriōr / original