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How to spell original

Original is spelled O-R-I-G-I-N-A-L. Build it from origin plus AL, which keeps the I between the G and the N.

What it means: Not copied; fresh and unique.

In a sentence: The artist drew an original picture of a rainbow. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Same family: originate, originally, originality, originator, source. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Original” comes from the Latin word *origo* (genitive *originis*), meaning “beginning” or “source.” It first meant “the first form or source of something” in English before also gaining the sense of being new or creative.

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