indigenous

Senso (Inglese)

  1. (not-comparable) Born or originating in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion.
  2. (not-comparable) Born or originating in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion.
  3. (not-comparable) Innate, inborn.

Frequenza

C2
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ɪnˈdɪdʒɪnəs/
Etimologia (Inglese)

Borrowed from Late Latin indigenus (“native, born in a country”), from indi- (indu-), an old derivative of in (“in”), gen- the root of gignō (“give birth to”), and English -ous. Compare indigene, Ancient Greek ἐνδογενής (endogenḗs, “born in the house”), and the separately formed piecewise doublet endogenous. Unrelated to Indian.

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