genuine

adj

Etymology: From Latin genuīnus (“innate, native, natural”), from genus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

1. Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native.
2. Not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated.

   “a genuine text; a genuine production; genuine materials; genuine friendship”

   “[…] and before you could say 'scissors' that customer had forgotten all about the genuine article, and was out of the shop with the bijoutry.”