Primary Definition
- primary coil
- primary winding
- primary quill
- primary feather
- primary-election
- primer
- hornbook
- abecedarium
Other Word Forms of Primary
Noun
Origin of Primary
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Borrowing from Latin prÄ«mārius ("of the first", “of the first rank", “chief", “principal", “excellent"), from prÄ«mus (“first"; whence the English adjective prime) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary); compare the French primaire, primer, and premier.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Latin prīmārius chief from prīmus first per1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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