primeval
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology
< primevous + -al. Further, primevous < Latin primaevus (“‘in the first or earliest period of life’”) < primus (“‘first’”) + aevum (“‘time, age’”); see prime and age.
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[edit] Adjective
primeval (comparative more primeval, superlative most primeval)
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[edit] Translations
belonging to the first ages
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[edit] External links
- primeval in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- primeval in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911