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aborigine是什么意思

aborigine

英 [æbə'rɪdʒɪniː] 美 ['æbə'rɪdʒəni]
  • n. 土著;土著居民

中文词源


aborigine 土著

前缀ab-, 从,从...离。origin, 升起,东方。该词用于澳大利亚土著人。

英文词源


aborigine (n.)
1858, mistaken singular of aborigines (1540s; the correct singular is aboriginal), from Latin Aborigines "the first ancestors of the Romans; the first inhabitants" (especially of Latium), possibly a tribal name, or from or made to conform to ab origine, literally "from the beginning." Extended 1789 to natives of other countries which Europeans have colonized. Australian slang shortening Abo attested from 1922.

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