primeval

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Translations 1.4.2 External links

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• primaeval
• primæval

[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.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: ˈprɑɪmˈivəl enPR: "prīm'ēvəl

[edit] Adjective

primeval (comparative more primeval, superlative most primeval)

1. Belonging to the first ages.
2. Primary; original.
3. Primitive.

[edit] Translations

[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