primitive
An original or primary word; a word not derived from another, as opposed to .
Other meanings
A member of a primitive society.
Primitive or primeval nature; the innate, instinctive element within a person; the deep, instinctive, precultural layer of human nature.
Word history
From Latin "prīmitīvus" (first or earliest of its kind).
Where this comes from
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