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There is a battle raging at our house regarding the origin of the word indigenous....can anyone help? There are several schools of thought although none seem reliable
(except mine)....(of course)...
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tututu, one source for etymologies that gets cited here a lot is the American Heritage Dictionary (it's free, unlike the OED, hint hint). You can find the AHD entry for indigenous at http://www.bartleby.com/61/63/I0106300.htmlBingley
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Brilliant! ROTF 
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Ohh! I DO like this one!! very clever.
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And "indignant" is the attitude of the indigens vs. invaders.
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One of the wonders of language for me is the ability to find new connections even in familiar material. Thanks Bingley, because your link persuaded me to examine the root word more closely via the appendix: http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/IE143.html
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Dear Mav: one bartleby appendix missed - gonorrhea
LL gonorrhoea < Gr gonorrhoia < gonos, a seed, semen (see GONAD) + rhoia < rheein, to flow: see
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In which we discover that the term Injun is not a derogatory slurred pronunciation of the inaccurate term Indian but rather a simultaneous reference to their prior occupation of the land and to their ingenuity in handling problems that the early Europeans found extremely daunting.
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An acquaintance of mine in Birmingham, England, used to make tiny earings especially for sale to the Native Americans - he had a small engineering works.
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