English

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/əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəl/
Relating to the origin or beginning; preceding all others.

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    Origin

    From Middle English original, from Old French original, from Late Latin orīginālis (“primitive, original”), from Latin orīgō (“beginning, source, origin”), equivalent to origin + -al; see origin.

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    • inheritedMiddle Englishoriginal
      • derivedOld Frenchoriginal
        • derivedLate Latinorīginālis “primitive, original”
          • derivedLatinorīgō “beginning, source, origin”
    • surface analysisEnglishorigin “The beginning of something.”
    • suffixEnglish-al “Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adject…”
      • inheritedMiddle English-al
        • borrowedOld French-al
        • borrowedOld French-el
        • borrowedLatin-ālis “-al”
      • derivedEnglishaldehyde “Any of a large class of reactive organic compounds (R·CHO) having a carbonyl functional group attac…”
        • borrowedGermanAldehyd

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