primordial

pri·mor·dial (prī môr′dē əl)

adjective

first in time; existing at or from the beginning; primitive; primeval
not derivative; fundamental; original
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)

pri·mor′·di·ally adverb

Modifies a noun

globule: I can trace my family back to a protoplasmal primordial atomic globule.
follicle: The ovary contains many primordial follicles, which are mostly found around the edges of the cortex.
slime: Having three main branches and roots the tree was believed to have sprung from the beginning of time out of primordial slime and ashes.
soup: Each society started with the primordial soup shown in Figure 13.
fluctuation: These defects present a number of different scenarios for creating the primordial fluctuations in matter density which seeded galaxy formation.
chaos: A temple was an imago mundi, symbolizing the cosmos, the sacred order divinely imposed on primordial chaos.

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