WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What does the word indigenous mean?
A
original or native
B
independent
C
Indian
D
digestion
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -“Indigenous” describes any group of people native to a specific region. In other words, it refers to people who lived there before colonists or settlers arrived, defined new borders, and began to occupy the land.

Detailed explanation-2: -The term ‘indigenous’derives from the late Latin ‘indigenus’ and ‘indigena’ (native) and from the Old Latin ‘indu’ that is derived from the archaic ‘endo’ (a cognate of the Greek ‘endo’), meaning ‘in, within’ and the Latin ‘gignere’ meaning ‘to beget’, from the root ‘gene’ meaning ‘to produce, give birth, beget.

Detailed explanation-3: -: one born or reared in a particular place. : an original or indigenous inhabitant. : something indigenous to a particular locality. 3. : a local resident.

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