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Original comes from Middle English original, from Old French original, from Late Latin orīginālis ‘primitive’, from Latin orior ‘to originate’, from Proto-Italic *oriōr.

1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*oriōr¹‘to rise’reconstructed
2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEorior¹‘to originate’
3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEorīgō²‘beginning’
4. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEorīginālis²‘primitive’
5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400original²
6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500original²‘original’
7. Englishearliest quotation 1700original²

1. ¹ Wiktionary, Latin origo
2. ² Wiktionary, English original
3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1700, Tom Brown, Amusements Serious and Comical: “I have a great mind to be in Print;…”.