aborigine — ODE

aborigine /ˌabəˈrɪdʒɪni

▸ noun a person, animal, or plant that has been in a country or region from earliest times.

▪ (Aborigine) an Indigenous inhabitant of Australia; an Aboriginal person.

With reference to the Indigenous peoples of Australia, the term Aborigine is now generally avoided in favour of formulations using the adjective Aboriginal, such as Aboriginal person or Aboriginal Australian.

– ORIGIN early 16th century: originally as plural aborigines ‘original inhabitants’ (especially referring to those of Italy), from the Latin phrase ab origine ‘from the beginning’.