aborigen, aborigin
(æˈbɒrɪdʒɪn)
[a form occasionally occurring as a singular to aborigines (which had no sing. in L.); ad. Fr. aborigène, or following the analogy of the simple origin, L. orīgo, orīgin-em, pl. orīgin-es. But the tendency is to treat aborigines as a purely Eng. word, and make the singular aborigin-e.]
| 1606 Warner Albion's Eng. xv. xciii. 374 For Welsh and Scots, so far-forth we Aborigens may name. 1832 I. Taylor Sat. Even. (1834) 349 He is then aborigin of all spheres of thought, & finds himself at home & at ease in every region. 1859 R. F. Burton Lake Reg. Cent. Afr. in Journ. R.G.S. XXIX. 135. §7 The Cimex lectularius..is apparently an aborigen of the country. |