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adjective
1.
constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original; elementary: primordial forms of life.
2.
Embryology. first formed.
3.
pertaining to or existing at or from the very beginning: primordial matter.
Related forms
pri·mor·di·al·ly, adverb
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Word Origin & History
primordial
late 14c., from L.L. primordialis "first of all, original," from L. primordium "the beginning," from primus "first" (see prime (adj.)) + stem of ordiri "to begin" (see order).
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primordial pri·mor·di·al (prī-môr'dē-əl)
adj.
Being or happening first in sequence of time; primary; original.
Belonging to or characteristic of the earliest stage of development of an organism or a part.
Relating to a primordium.
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