original English · revision 2562

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1315|origins=la orīgō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /əˈrɪdʒ.ən.əl/, US /əˈrɪdʒ.ɪ.nəl/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|original]], [[bor|fro|original|t=first]],^(Etymonline)^(COED 2004) and directly from [[la|orīginālis]],^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002)^(Klein 1966) from [[m|la|orīgō|t=beginning, source, birth]], from [[m|la|orior|t=to rise]],^(Etymonline)^(AHD 2000) the source of [[origin]].^(Etymonline)^(AHD 2000)^(Klein 1966) The noun is partly from [[la-med|orīginale]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In ''original sin'', the corruption of human nature held to be inherited from Adam: about 1315,^(OED 1989) or the early 14th century, first in the word order ''synne original''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ “Pertaining to the first stage of anything” is from 1390,^(OED 1989) or the late 14th century,^(Etymonline) and the source from which something is derived, as a noun, from the late 14th century.^(Etymonline) An original writ in law is from 1334.^(OED 1989) The thing from which a copy is made is from 1631 as an adjective^(OED 1989) and 1624 as a noun.^(HTOED) “Produced directly by an author or artist” is from the 1630s,^(Etymonline) “fresh, novel” by 1756^(HTOED) or 1782,^(Etymonline) and “inventive, creative” from 1803.^(HTOED) An eccentric person, ''an original'', is from 1675.^(HTOED) Of recordings and films it is from 1918.^(Etymonline)^(HTOED)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1315 – ''original sin''.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1334 – ''original writ''.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1390 – belonging to the beginning.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1624 – noun, the thing copied.^(HTOED)

+ * 1630s – made by the author or artist.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1675 – noun, an eccentric person.^(HTOED)

+ * 1756 – new, fresh.^(HTOED)

+ * 1803 – inventive.^(HTOED)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Preceding all others in time; first.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # Not derived from something else; fresh and unusual.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

+ # Producing new things or ideas; [[inventive]].^(AHD)^(HTOED)

+ # Being the source from which a copy or translation is made.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # The first form, from which others are developed or copied.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # An authentic work of art; a work composed firsthand.^(AHD)^(HTOED)

+ # An appealingly odd person; a [[character]].^(AHD)^(HTOED)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[nonoriginal]]

+ * [[originalism]]

+ * [[unoriginal]]

+ * [[originally]]

+ * [[original sin]]

+ * [[book of original entry]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[origin]]

+ * [[originality]]

+ * [[originate]]

+ * [[originative]]

+ * [[aboriginal]]

+ * [[orient]]

+ * [[abort]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}