## Meanings
1. Existing first, before any copies or changes were made.
2. New and not copied from anything else; inventive.
3. The first version of something, from which copies are made.

## Examples
- This is a copy; the original painting hangs in the museum.
- The paper contains some genuinely original ideas.
- Always keep the original and file a copy.

## Synonyms
- autograph
- prototype

## Antonyms
- copy
- derivative
- reproduction
- simile
- ultimate

## Derived Forms
- co-original
- nonoriginal
- originalism
- originalist
- originalistic
- originally
- originalness
- unoriginal

## Related Forms
- aboriginal
- origin
- originality
- originate
- originative

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: original
- Root: orīginālis
- Root: orīgō

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

## AI Etymology
Original comes from Middle English original, from Old French original, from Late Latin orīginālis (“primitive, original”), from Latin orīgō (“beginning, source, origin”); see origin. Modern senses include existing first, before any copies or changes were made and new and not copied from anything else; inventive. The wider word family includes derivatives such as co-original, nonoriginal, originalism, originalist, originalistic, and originally and related forms such as aboriginal, origin, originality, and originate.

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