aborigine

• n. 先住民族

接頭辞ab-は、...から、...から。起源、上昇、東。オーストラリアのアボリジニに対して使われる。

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.