different between aborigines vs inhabitant

English

Etymology

From Latin Abor?gin?s, possibly from ab or?gine (“from the beginning”). See aborigo.

Noun

aborigines

1. plural of aborigine

Noun

aborigines pl (plural only)

1. The original people of a location, originally Greek and Roman. [First attested in the mid 16^th century.]
2. Indigenous flora and fauna. [First attested in the late 17^th century.]
3. (historical) The inhabitants of a location before colonization by the Europeans occurred. [First attested in the early 18^th century.]

References

Anagrams

• baignoires

Latin

Noun

aborigin?s

1. nominative plural of aborig?
2. accusative plural of aborig?
3. vocative plural of aborig?

References

• aborigines in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• aborigines in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?^[1]
• aborigines in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aborigines in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

English

Alternative forms

• enhabitant (archaic)

Etymology

From Old French inhabitant, from Latin inhabitans, present participle of inhabito (“to inhabit”), from in- (“in”) + habit? (“to dwell”) (frequentative of habe? (“to hold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghabh- (“seize, take, hold, have”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?hæ.b?.t?nt/
• Hyphenation: in?hab?i?tant

Noun

inhabitant (plural inhabitants)

1. Someone or thing who lives in a place.

Related terms

• inhabit

Translations

Adjective

inhabitant (not comparable)

1. Resident.

Latin

Verb

inhabitant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of inhabit?

Old French

Noun

inhabitant m (oblique plural inhabitanz or inhabitantz, nominative singular inhabitanz or inhabitantz, nominative plural inhabitant)

1. inhabitant

Descendants

• ? English: inhabitant

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (inhabitant)