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pri⋅me⋅val

  [prahy-mee-vuhl]
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–adjective
of or pertaining to the first age or ages, esp. of the world: primeval forms of life.
Also, primaeval.

Origin:
1765–75; < L prīmaev(us) young (prīm(us) prime + aev(um) age + -us adj. suffix) + -al 1

Related forms:
pri⋅me⋅val⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
primary, primordial, pristine. See prime.
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pri·me·val   (prī-mē'vəl)   
adj.  Belonging to the first or earliest age or ages; original or ancient: a primeval forest.

[From Latin prīmaevus, early in life : prīmus, first; see per1 in Indo-European roots + aevum, age; see aiw- in Indo-European roots.]
pri·me'val·ly adv.
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primeval 
1653, from L. primævus "early in life," from primus "first" (see prime (adj.)) + ævum "an age."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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