primordial

[ prahy-mawr-dee-uhl ]
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adjective
  1. constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original; elementary: primordial forms of life.

  2. Embryology. first formed.

  1. pertaining to or existing at or from the very beginning: primordial matter.

Origin of primordial

1
1350–1400; Middle English <Late Latin prīmōrdiālis of the beginning. See primordium, -al1

Other words from primordial

  • pri·mor·di·al·i·ty [prahy-mawr-dee-al-i-tee], /praɪˌmɔr diˈæl ɪ ti/, noun
  • pri·mor·di·al·ly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for primordial

primordial

/ (praɪˈmɔːdɪəl) /


adjective
  1. existing at or from the beginning; earliest; primeval

  2. constituting an origin; fundamental

  1. biology of or relating to an early stage of development: primordial germ cells

noun
  1. an elementary or basic principle

Origin of primordial

1
C14: from Late Latin prīmōrdiālis original, from Latin prīmus first + ōrdīrī to begin

Derived forms of primordial

  • primordiality, noun
  • primordially, adverb

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