original

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Existing first, before any copies or changes were made.

   This is a copy; the original painting hangs in the museum.

2. 2
   adj

   New and not copied from anything else; inventive.

   The paper contains some genuinely original ideas.

3. 3
   noun

   The first version of something, from which copies are made.

   Always keep the original and file a copy.

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

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