Etymology of the English word original
the English word
originalderived from the Old French word
originalderived from the Late Latin word
originalis (original; existing at, marking beginning)
derived from the Classical Latin word
origo (origin, source; birth)
derived from the Latin word
oriri (to appear, arise, be born; be born, created; be born of; rise; arise)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*er-Derivations in English
merry-andrew,
Rotavator,
originallyCognates
Dutch
origineel, French
original, French
originel, German
Original, German
original, Italian
originale, Latin
originalis, Lithuanian
originalus, Norwegian
original, Polish
oryginalny, Russian
opигинальный, Swedish
originalUsage
Word found in Modern English