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

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