How would a student justify inferring that “indigenous” means “originating in a particular region”?

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Rogger Fernandes · Answer 1 · 2018-12-08T19:11:57+0000

They might tell someone that the word's root "gen" means "birth" and the suffix "-ous" means "having the quality of something." A person originating in a particular region would have been born there and might have the quality of the place.

How would a student justify inferring that “indigenous” means “originating in a particular region”?

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