original
Middle English
/ɔriɡiˈnaːl/
adj
Definitions
- original, primordial; preceding everything else
- connected to the origin or beginning of something
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French original derived from Latin orīginālis affix from Middle English origyne.
Origin
Middle English
origyne
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- coöriginal English
- nonoriginal English
- original English
- originalism English
- originalist English
- originalistic English
- originality English
- originally English
- originalness English
- unoriginal English
- originalis Latin
- orīginālis Latin
- orīgō Latin
- originale Italian
- origineel Dutch, Flemish
- original French
- originel French
- original Spanish, Castilian
- original Norwegian Bokmål
- original Portuguese
- original Norwegian Nynorsk
- originali Middle English
- origyne Middle English
- original Old French
- origine Old French
- original Catalan, Valencian
- orixinal Galician
- orig Cebuano
- orisinal Indonesian
- original Occitan
- oureginal Mirandese