the WORD....

original-

[uh-rij-uh-nl]

-adjective

1. belonging or pertaining to the origin or beginning of something, or to a thing at its beginning

2. new; fresh;inventive; novel

3. arising or proceeding independently of anything else

4. capable of or given to thinking or acting in an independent, creative, or individual manner

5. created, undertaken, or presented for the first time

origin & history

early 14th century, from L. originalis, from originem 'beginning, source, birth" from oriri 'to rise". The first reference is in original sin "innate depravity of man's nature," supposed o be inherited from Adam in consequence of the Fall.