Etymology

blackfellow

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Today it means: An Australian Aboriginal, especially a male one. Full definition →

First used 19th c.English fellow ← Middle English blak ← Old English blæc
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  1. Proto-Germanic*blakaz
  2. Proto-West Germanic*blak
  3. Old Englishblæc
  4. Middle Englishblak
  5. Englishblack
  6. Englishfellow
  7. English todayblackfellow

From black + fellow.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 19th c. An Australian Aboriginal, especially a male one.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.