Meaning

noun a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization

noun a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived

noun a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms

originFrom Middle English primitif, from Old French primitif, from Latin prīmitīvus (“first or earliest of its kind”), from prīmus (“first”); see prime. Doublet of primitivo.

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