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primordial definition

pri·mor·dial (prī môr′dē əl)

adjective

  1. first in time; existing at or from the beginning; primitive; primeval
  2. not derivative; fundamental; original
  3. Biol. earliest formed in the development of an organism, organ, structure, etc.; primitive

Etymology: ME < LL primordialis < L primordium, the beginning < primus, first (see prime) + ordiri, to begin (see order)

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