aboriginal
adjective
[ abəˈrɪdʒɪn(ə)l ]
• inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists; indigenous.
Similar:
indigenous,
native,
original,
earliest,
first,
initial,
ancient,
primeval,
primordial,
autochthonous,
autochthonic,
aboriginal
noun
• an aboriginal inhabitant of a place.
Origin:
mid 17th century: from Latin aborigines ‘original inhabitants’ (see aborigine) + -al.
