indigenous English · revision 7183

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1646|origins=la indigena}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɪnˈdɪd͡ʒənəs/, /ɪnˈdɪd͡ʒɪnəs/; /ɪnˈdɪdʒɪnəs/ ''(UK)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[la|indigena|t=a native; sprung from the land]] and [[-ous]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) or from Late Latin indigenus, born in a country,^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from Old Latin [[m|la|indu|t=in, within]] (from endo) and -gena, from the root of [[m|la|gigno|alt=gignere|t=to beget]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) from PIE [[ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-|alt=*gene-|t=to give birth, beget]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Born or produced naturally in a land or region, native: 1646.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) Etymonline dates it to the 1640s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Etymonline notes that Wycliffe's Bible (1382) rendered Latin indigena as withinneborn.^(Etymonline) Of or for the natives, vernacular, is from 1844,^(OED 1989) and figuratively inborn or innate from before 1864.^(OED 1989) Of peoples, the original inhabitants of a region as distinct from later settlers, is now a common sense.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1382 – withinneborn, in Wycliffe.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1646 – native to a land.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1844 – of the natives.^(OED 1989)

+ * before 1864 – innate.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; [[native]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Of the original inhabitants of a region: ''indigenous peoples''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[indigenously]]

+ * [[indigenousness]]

+ * [[nonindigenous]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[endogenous]]

+ * [[indigene]]

+ * [[native]]

+ * [[genus]]

+ * [[generate]]

+ * [[progeny]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}